NEW: Dems Criticize Doherty for Opposing Expansion of Violence Against Women Act

NEW: Dems Criticize Doherty for Opposing Expansion of Violence Against Women Act

The state Democratic Party is accusing Republican Congressional candidate Brendan Doherty of not supporting legislation that would expand and reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.

“Brendan Doherty talks about being bipartisan and the need to compromise, but with his comments dismissing people ‘in other walks of life,’ he is siding with the Republican right, even though every Republican female senator, among several Republican senators, voted for a bipartisan compromise on this issue,” said Rhode Island Democratic Chairman Ed Pacheco. “We want to send a message to Mr. Doherty that actions speak louder than words.”

Pacheco’s comments come on the same day Doherty is set to host a rally for his female supporters.

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Earlier this year, the Senate passed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (S.1925) by a vote of 68-31 that extended protections to Native Americans, undocumented immigrants and members of the LGBT community. But the House version of the bill did not include those provisions.