DNC Chair Says Republican 'Has Given Women the Back of His Hand'

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz escalates the War on Women rhetoric in ripping Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

Democratic National Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz took the War on Women metaphor to its outer limit Wednesday, ripping Republican Governor Scott Walker over women's issues at the Milwaukee Athletic Club.

'Scott Walker has given women the back of his hand,' said Schultz, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 'I know that is stark. I know that is direct, But that is reality.'

'What Republican tea party extremists like Scott Walker are doing is they are grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back,' she added. 'It is not going to happen on our watch.'

A Walker campaign spokesperson declined to comment, but did point to Republican Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch's Journal Sentinel response urging Walker's Democratic opponent Mary Burke to denounce Schultz's statements. Stephanie Wilson, a spokesperson for Burke, indicated that Schultz should have used different language in describing differences in policy.

'That's not the type of language that Mary Burke would use, or has used, to point out the clear differences in this contest,' says Wilson. 'For the last 11 months of this campaign, and in the final 9 weeks left to go, Mary is committed to pointing out those clear differences-there is plenty that she and Governor Walker disagree on-but those disagreements can and should be pointed out respectfully.'

A spokesperson for Schultz did not say that she would apologize for her comments.

'Domestic violence is an incredibly serious issue and the Congresswoman was by no means belittling the very real pain survivors experience,' said Lily Adams, the DNC deputy communications director. '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.'

A compilation of polling conducted by Real Clear Politics shows the Burke-Walker race statistically tied.

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