Conservative pundits on Monday piled on a Dallas Morning News report that clarified some inaccurate details in Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis’ (D) biography.
Their attacks included branding the gubernatorial candidate a liar and suggesting she abandoned her children to run for political office.
Davis admitted to the newspaper that she was 21 when she divorced her first husband, not 19 as previously stated in media reports. She also revealed that her second husband paid for a portion of her education before their separation.
RedState editor-in-chief Erick Erickson, who once referred to Davis as “Abortion Barbie,” weighed in:
I await Wendy Davis’s lawsuit against the Dallas Morning News claiming it harmed her mental health by revealing her lies.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 20, 2014
Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro drew a parallel between Davis and another rising star in the Democratic Party accused of fudging her background, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), before mockingly calling Davis a “feminist hero:”
Elizabeth Warren is not a real Native American. Lefty icon. Wendy Davis lied about her bio. Lefty icon. Truth is not a leftist value.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 20, 2014
Wendy Davis apparently abandoned her children, had her husband foot her bills, and divorced after adultery accusations. #FeministHero
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 20, 2014
“She’s not going to let family or raising children or anything else get in her way.” #WendyDavis http://t.co/Yr1pWeBB0G
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 20, 2014
And his Breitbart colleague John Nolte asked why the mainstream media hadn’t picked up and ran with the inconsistencies in Davis’ “fake” bio with the same relish as the bridge scandal plaguing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration:
Interesting: As MSM destroys Christie, New Media is taking down Wendy Davis over fake bio — story MSM is ignoring. Whole new world.
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) January 20, 2014
Based on her own experience growing up as the child of a single mother, conservative radio host Dana Loesch wrote a series of tweets lambasting Davis for “lying” about her success story:
This is how dumb they think women are: make up a single mom’s struggle story and pass it off as your own. #WendyDavis
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 20, 2014
“Wendy Davis’ Texas gubernatorial campaign stumbles on mistruths” We call this LYING. http://t.co/oqStqSzdDD
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 20, 2014
Having grown up with a single mom, I find Davis’s fabrication of her story a total insult. http://t.co/bpVBLdJLkv
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 20, 2014
The Dallas Morning News piece even spawned a mocking hashtag, #MoreFakeThanWendyDavis.
