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Saturday, March 15, 2025

People in the News

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Abbott thanks supporter for calling Senator Wendy Davis “Retard Barbie”

tdp logoAustin, Texas – In the continued Republican habit of disrespecting women, Attorney General Greg Abbott used Twitter to thank a supporter for saying that Abbott would beat Senator Wendy Davis in a gubernatorial race and that he would teach, “Retard Barbie to learn a life lesson.” (Screen grab attached.)

Comment from Texas Democratic Party Chairman, Gilberto Hinojosa:

“That Greg Abbott would thank a supporter for calling Senator Wendy Davis a ‘Retard Barbie’ is absolutely disgusting and disturbing. This is what Republicans think about women — that a Harvard law school graduate, State Senator, and a long time fighter for Texas families deserves such inappropriate slander. Greg Abbott endorses such disrespect. The people of Texas deserves so much better than this from their public officials. And the women of Texas deserve leaders who respect them as human beings