Haskin is personally supporting Davis in the race. Ex-council colleague defends Davis

Another colleague from Wendy Davis’s city council days is speaking about the Texas gubernatorial candidate, this time in defense of her work and family life balance.

Becky Haskin, a Republican who served on the Fort Worth City Council with Davis for seven years, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bud Kennedy in an interview published Tuesday that Davis was a hard worker who “did what she had to do” for her kids and faced unfair criticism as a woman.


Haskin’s comments come on the heels of some less flattering descriptions of Davis from another city council colleague who called her “tremendously ambitious.” Speaking anonymously to The Dallas Morning News, the source said Davis was “not going to let family or raising children or anything else get in her way.”

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Haskin slammed the anonymous comments, saying they merely proved how threatened people were by Davis as a candidate.

“What that comment really tells you is how hard Wendy works,” Haskin said. “They wouldn’t be talking about Wendy if she weren’t a threat.”

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Haskin is personally supporting Davis in the race and said she could relate to the criticisms of her fellow female council member.

“It’s so sad. Every time I ran, somebody said I needed to be home with my kids. Nobody ever talks about men being responsible parents,” Haskin said.