Hasta La Gadget!

After Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis’ 11-hour filibuster helped defeat a controversial anti-abortion bill aimed at severely cutting access to abortion services across Texas, even her Republican colleagues had to express their admiration.

“Quite a few very respectfully told me that they thought I did an incredible job, that they admired what it takes to do something like that,” Davis told The Huffington Post in an interview Sunday. “They understand the stress and the pressure that I was under, not only because of what the physical demands of that are, but also the mental demands of it … I appreciated the comments afterward.”

Davis’ emotional testimony appeared to gradually galvanize supporters in the state and across the country, hour by hour. Her supporters filled the state Capitol’s gallery, standing shoulder-to-shoulder in hallways and lining up down the steps outside.

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