Where's the Media Outrage? Virginia Democrat Compares Republicans to Violent Rapists
In an outrageous ad aired on the local Washington D.C. NBC affiliate WRC-4, Virginia Democratic state senate candidate Jennifer Wexton
– running to replace newly elected Virginia attorney general Mark
Herring – made a shocking comparison between violent rapists that she
once tried as a prosecutor to "Tea Party Republicans" in the Virginia
legislature. [Listen to the audio]
After describing women being assaulted and "traumatized again by facing the criminal in court," Wexton made this declaration: "...as
a prosecutor I put violent offenders in prison. In the Virginia Senate,
I'll fight just as hard against Tea Party Republicans who would take away a woman's health care and her right to choose, even in cases of rape and incest."
When will the media seize on this ad and bemoan the lack of civility in
politics? Something they delight in doing when conservatives are the
offenders.
In fact, when NBC political director Chuck Todd was recently confronted
with Democrats' abortion fearmongering during the 2013 Virginia
governor's race, he excused the party's increasingly over-the-top
rhetoric: "What campaigns aren't about scaring some voters?"
It appears that Ms. Wexton took that to heart.
Here is a transcript of Wexton's campaign ad:
A woman assaulted at night by the reservoir. Another by an intruder who forced his way in through her bedroom window. And for so many, traumatized again by facing the criminal in court.
I'm Jennifer Wexton and as a prosecutor I put violent offenders in prison. In the Virginia Senate, I'll fight just as hard against Tea Party Republicans who would take away a woman's health care and her right to choose, even in cases of rape and incest. On election day, help me stand up for her.
— Kyle Drennen is Senior News Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Kyle Drennen on Twitter.
