Wendy Davis is being judged by a double standard she invited

Published January 22, 2014 5:00am ET



Democratic Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis has been crying foul all week since the Dallas Morning News published a story noting inconsistencies in her biography.

In an epic Twitter meltdown, Davis, who’s running for governor, blamed the campaign of her Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott, for the revelations in the story, even though the veteran political reporter who wrote it insisted he had no contact with Abbott’s campaign. She slammed Abbott as “completely out of touch with the struggles that I faced and so many Texans face,” and said he “hasn’t walked a day in my shoes.” Abbott has been in a wheelchair for the past 30 years after losing the ability to walk when a tree fell on him.

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