DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz ramped up “War on Women” rhetoric to an accusatory new level. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports the Florida congresswoman said the Governor of Wisconsin is a domestic abuser: "Scott Walker has given women the back of his hand. I know that is stark. I know that is direct. But that is reality."
Wasserman Schultz added: "What Republican tea party extremists like Scott Walker are doing is they are grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back. It is not going to happen on our watch." The Democratic candidate for governor there, Mary Burke, was backtracking:
"That's not the type of language that Mary Burke would use, or has used, to point out the clear differences in this contest," Wilson said.
Wilson added, "There is plenty that she and Gov. Walker disagree on — but those disagreements can and should be pointed out respectfully."
....Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch said she was "shocked" that Wasserman Schultz used domestic violence language to discuss political disagreements.
"I think the remarks were absolutely hideous and the motive behind them was despicable," Kleefisch said Wednesday.
But in Washington, DNC flack Lila Adams was trying to come to the leader’s defense in Politico:
When asked about the chairwoman’s comments, a spokesperson for the DNC said Wasserman Schultz was not “belittling” the issue of domestic violence.
“Domestic violence is an incredibly serious issue and the Congresswoman was by no means belittling the very real pain survivors experience,” Lily Adams, deputy communications director for the DNC, said in an email. “That’s why Democrats have consistently supported the Violence Against Women Act and won’t take a lesson from the party that blocked and opposed its reauthorization. The fact of the matter is that Scott Walker’s policies have been bad for Wisconsin’s women.”
