Wasserman Schultz fires back at Huckabee

After the former Arkansas governor insults her on the stage of the Republican National Convention

Published August 30, 2012 2:41AM (EDT)

Mike Huckabee started his speech Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention not with a shot at Barack Obama, but, oddly, a shot at Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

"Tampa has been such a wonderful and hospitable city to us," Huckabee said. "The only hitch in an otherwise perfect week was the awful noise coming from the hotel room next door to mine. Turns out it was just Debbie Wasserman Schultz practicing her speech for the DNC in Charlotte next week. Bless her heart."

In a statement, Wasserman Schultz's national press secretary, Melanie Roussell, replied to the former Arkansas governor and Fox News host's insult:

 Perhaps Mr. Huckabee should pay more attention to the company he keeps, such as Todd Akin, instead of taking potshots at the Chairwoman for applause lines. While Huckabee continues to promote the extreme Akin plank, the Chair will defend women's rights to reproductive health free from dictation by men who don't know fundamental biology.

 


By Alex Seitz-Wald

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