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(Via Huffington Post) Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis received a hostile greeting in Los Angeles Thursday morning, when life-sized posters depicting her as “Abortion Barbie” began popping up throughout the city ahead of her fundraiser there.
The posters say “Hollywood welcomes Abortion Barbie Wendy Davis,” and they show Davis’ face on a mostly-naked barbie doll with a plastic baby in her belly. Conservative pundit Erick Erickson nicknamed Davis “Abortion Barbie” earlier this year because when she was a state senator, she stood on her feet and spoke for 11 hours straight to filibuster a draconian package of anti-abortion bills.
Davis’ campaign told The Huffington Post that it spotted at least five of the posters in different outdoor places around the city, including one on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. Although it’s unclear who is behind the posters, a Davis campaign spokesman blamed Davis’ Republican opponent, Greg Abbott, for the political attack, noting that Abbott thanked a supporter last year who called Davis “retard Barbie” on Twitter.
“It seems that Greg Abbott can’t let a week go by without showing how out of touch he is with women,” said the spokesman, Zac Petkanas. “This is just another in a long line of offensive actions and comments by Greg Abbott in an attempt to demean Wendy Davis.”
Abbott’s campaign said it does not know who put up the posters. (read more)
