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The Reviews Are In: Barbara Comstock’s Debate Disaster

When Barbara Comstock wasn’t literally running away from reporters to avoid answering questions about her right-wing agenda on women’s health care, she was insulting immigrants by comparing them to electronically tracked FedEx packages. The reviews for her debate performance  are in, and they are not kind.

See for yourself:

Headline: GOP candidate: US should track immigrants like Fed-Ex packages [MNSBC, 9/25/14]

Headline: La republicana Barbara Comstock comparó a los inmigrantes con paquetes de Fedex [Univision, 9/24/14]

Headline: Republican Congressional Candidate: Government Should Track Immigrants Like FedEx Tracks Packages [ThinkProgress, 9/25/14]

Headline: “Comstock walks away from NewsChannel 8 interview following debate with Foust.” [WJLA, 9/25/14]

Headline: “Former GOP ‘Attack Dog’ Barbara Comstock Flees Reporter’s Simple Question” [Politics USA, 9/24/14]

Loudoun Times: “ […] an eyebrow-raising comment from Comstock on immigration reform in which the delegate tied immigration reform with the operations of FedEx.”  [Loudoun Times, 9/24/14]

Associated Press: “Comstock, for her part, refused to answer reporters’ questions after the debate.”  [Associated Press, 9/24/14]

Washington Post: “Following the debate, Foust spent a chunk of time speaking to reporters. Comstock, in contrast, declined; a reporter from ABC7/Channel 8 attempted to interview her on her way out of the debate hall but was blocked by her campaign manager.” [Washington Post, 9/24/14]