Wendy Davis is having a very bad week. She’s been caught embellishing her personal narrative about overcoming adversity as a young single mom and leaving out pertinent details like the financial help she got from her ex-husband. Then she embarrassed herself by trying to blame her opponent Greg Abbott for the Dallas Morning News piece that exposed her lies, but that didn’t fly because the author of the piece denied having spoken to anyone working with Abbott.
Then she stuck her foot squarely in her mouth by griping that Abbott “hasn’t walked a mile in my shoes.”
Awkward phrasing given that Abbot’s a paraplegic who’s been confined to a wheelchair for the past 30 years.
The pro-late term abortion Democrat “rock star” released this statement on Sunday, via LifeNews:
We’re not surprised by Greg Abbott’s [her Texas governorship opponent] campaign attacks on the personal story of my life as a single mother who worked hard to get ahead. But they won’t work, because my story is the story of millions of Texas women who know the strength it takes when you’re young, alone and a mother. I’ve always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn’t.
The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future and that’s what I’ve done. I am proud of where I came from and I am proud of what I’ve been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn’t walked a day in my shoes.”
A very poor choice of words, given Abbott doesn’t walk at all.
At age 26, Abbott was struck by a falling oak tree that injured his back as he jogged by. He has used a wheelchair ever since and has become an eloquent pro-life advocate — speaking up for both the disabled and the unborn.The accident serves as a reminder that regardless of someone’s circumstances, he or she deserves a chance at life, Abbott has said.
Davis claims she’s working on making her language tighter: “I’m learning about using broader, looser language. I need to be more focused on the detail.”
It’s a work in progress.