Imagine for a moment that a Republican state senator in a liberal Northeastern state filibustered gay marriage legislation or some gun control measure like background checks. If he went on CNN the following day, do you think he would be grilled about his position? Without a doubt.

But that’s not what happened when CNN’s Anderson Cooper interviewed Texas state senator Wendy Davis after she filibustered a bill that would prohibit most abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy and establish stronger safety standards for abortion clinics. In fact, Davis wasn’t asked a single question about the substance of the bill she filibustered. Here are the six (closely paraphrased) questions that Cooper asked Davis: 

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