Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis said her opponent, Greg Abbott, hadn’t “walked a day in my shoes.” Abbott has been a paraplegic since 1984.
If you’re imagining the relentless media mockery that would have taken place if Sarah Palin had made a similar statement, you’re not alone:
Wendy Davis tells a paraplegic man to "walk a mile in her shoes", this is yet another "imagine if Sarah Palin had said this" moment.
— Thomas Carmody (@dragonpullman) January 22, 2014
@Morning_Joe what about Wendy Davis saying her opponent ought to walk in her shoes him being a paraplegic What if Sarah Palin had said that?
— Rocco Southside (@RoccoSouthside) January 22, 2014
Now Wendy Davis Attacks a Paraplegic http://t.co/GopRNuhU9i via @ewerickson Davis is a victim and Palin was the idiot? Right…
— Nate (on the) Stone (@nes_nathan) January 22, 2014
Davis' insult to her paraplegic opponent: "hasn't walked a day in my shoes". Now, imagine if Palin/Bachmann/etc had said that.
— Ben McCabe (@bernardmccabe) January 21, 2014
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We’d never hear the end of it.
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Editor’s note: The title of this post has been updated to correct a grammatical error, and to reflect that the Davis quote was “walk a day” instead of “walk a mile” which was in the title of the initial version of the post.
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