During a breakfast at the Texas Democratic Convention in Dallas on Saturday, Luci Baines Johnson reflected on the legacies of her both her father and her late...
It was, which established the legal right for American women to have access to abortion. It was also the day Johnson’s father, former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, died at age 64.
After speaking for about 10 minutes, Johnson introduced Wendy Davis, the former state senator from Fort Worth who garnered national recognition after“I stand here today rejoicing that Wendy’s courage and commitment to community is simply not to be discounted, now or ever,” Johnson said. During her speech, Davis compared Texas to a “Gilead-like state,” a reference to the harsh fictional theocracy inShe also said Democrats’ hesitancy is partly to blame for the backslide in abortion rights progress.
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