Senator Wendy Davis came to Houston where she announced her Pre-K education program at a large rally. Most of the Houston media outlets were present for her news conference that followed. All but one of the major TV stations covered the event in any detail on the evening news. Above is the raw news conference. […]
Wendy Davis Visits Ripley House in Houston Texas Touting Pre-K As She Hits Greg Abbott’s Failures
Wendy Davis visited Ripley House in Houston Texas. The rally was very well attended. Several hundred people cheered Wendy Davis on as she presented her education tenets. Wendy Davis was touting her support for Pre-K. She also spent some time scolding Greg Abbott for paying women in his office less than men. She accused him […]
Which Law Did Greg Abbott Break As He Underpaid Women? (VIDEO)
This is a very powerful ad that gets to the core of the apparent systemic equal pay violation present in the Greg Abbott Attorney General’s Office. Greg Abbott will have a hard time answering it. He claims there are already laws protecting equal pay for women. Yet, he underpays women in his office. Which law […]
Press Release: Women in Abbott’s AG Office Make Average 74 Cents on the Dollar Compared to Male Co-Workers
Press Release March 20, 2014 Contact: Rebecca Acuña: (956) 206-5853 Wendy R. Davis for Governor Campaign Women in Abbott AG’s Office Make Less Than TX State Average Texas Women Make Average 79 Cents on the Dollar Compared to Men Women in Abbott’s AG Office Make Average 74 Cents on the Dollar Compared to Male Co-Workers […]
Greg Abbott Gets Brutal Statewide Coverage on Equal Pay Disaster
Brutal Statewide Coverage on Greg Abbott Equal Pay Disaster In media report after media report both in Texas and nationally, Texas voters learned two things about Greg Abbott yesterday. 1. Women in his office earn less money than men. 2. He finally said he would veto the very equal pay legislation that would help those […]
GOP Candidate Greg Abbott admits he opposes equal pay for equal work legislation
GOP Gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott is finally taking a position on the Lilly Ledbetter Act. The Lilly Ledbetter Act extends the statute of limitations from bringing a lawsuit against an employer for paying one employee less than the other based on race, gender, or religion. Lilly Ledbetter not supported According to the Star-Telegram, Texas Republican […]
Wendy Davis Is Fighting As Greg Abbott Having A Bad Week (VIDEO)
The reality is that giving his record and the record of all statewide Republicans, keeping them all on the defensive should be short order. If Wendy Davis and all Democrats run a populist campaign, they will win. If Democrats go into every neighborhood they will win. They will give non-voting Texans a reason to reengage […]
Greg Abbott Took Huge Pay Increases Even As He Denied Them To Others
Gregory Abbott Hypocrisy Hypocrisy is the modus operandi of Greg Abbott. He championed legislation that limited lawsuit awards 10 years ago even as he took advantage of those laws. The stories continue to mount. The Wendy Davis campaign released the following press release. Senator Wendy Davis today held a press conference with Representative Senfronia Thompson […]
Democratic Senate Candidate Maxey Scherr Appeared On MSNBC (VIDEO)
Democratic Primary Senate Candidate Maxey Scherr appeared on Jansing and Co today. The segment started with a delusional Senator Ted Cruz claiming that it was President Obama and Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid who shut down the government. Of course it is common knowledge that the government was shut down by Ted Cruz, John Cornyn, […]
LETTER: Wendy Davis responds to Greg Abbott’s third world comment
This is a follow up to Representative Terry Canales taking exception to Greg Abbott calling the border region a “Third World Country.” Wendy Davis responds as follows. Wendy Davis responds to Greg Abbott’s third world comment Dear Monitor Editor: I wholeheartedly agree with the Feb. 7 Monitor editorial, “Third-world implications.” I join you in calling […]