Wendy Davis and her supporters are trying to suggest that her Republican opponent for Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, would have been against interracial marriage.
Here’s Wendy Davis:
Greg Abbott won’t say whether he’d defend an interracial marriage ban—troubling but not surprising from someone who defends a “poll tax.”
— Wendy Davis (@wendydavis) October 20, 2014
This is Davis’ Communications Director:
Texas AG Greg Abbott Doesn’t Know If He Would’ve Defended Bans on Interracial Marriage 50 Years Ago http://t.co/ykQexLCgjW
— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) October 20, 2014
And this is the deputy director for Progress Texas:
Greg Abbott puts question of support for interracial marriage ban on the table for Tea Party candidates nationwide #TXLege
— PhillipMartin (@PhillipMartin) October 20, 2014
Oh snap, guys! You got him! He didn’t answer a hypothetical question, so he must be against it!
The suggestion that Abbott would somehow be uncomfortable with marriage among different racial or ethic groups is absurd. Cecilia Abbott, his wife, is the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants and the Texas Tribune has reported that — in the event of an Abbott victory — she would be “the first Latina to be the first lady of Texas.”
The hypothetical “gotcha” came when the San Antonio Express-News editorial board asked Abbott if he would have opposed interracial marriage 50 years ago if he had been the Texas attorney general at that time.
“Right now, if there was a ban on interracial marriage, that’s already been ruled unconstitutional,” Abbott responded. “And all I can do is deal with the issues that are before me. … The job of an attorney general is to represent and defend in court the laws of their client, which is the state Legislature, unless and until a court strikes it down.”
Abbott was then pressed by the Express-News editorial board about not answering the question.
“Actually, the reason why you’re uncertain about it is because I didn’t answer the question,” Abbott admitted. “And I can’t go back and answer some hypothetical question like that.”
Keep trying, Davis camp.
