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Related: About this forumWendy Davis Did Not Exaggerate Her Life Story
This interview done by Maria Shriver for NBC's Today Show proves Wendy Davis did not exaggerate her life story. In the piece, you will notice that Shriver stated that by 19 Davis was "getting divorced". It was not said that she was already divorced. Later Davis' older daugther Amber mentioned that she remembered the trailer they lived in and that she spent a lot of time with her grandparents. Shiver later mentioned that Davis worked two jobs to put food on the table, got remarried, and decided to go to Harvard.
So, it seems Davis never claimed she was divorced at 19. She always acknowledged that her parents helped her along the way. In addition, she let it be known that she had remarried before she attended Harvard. So, she never claimed that she made it through Harvard on her own.
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Wendy Davis Did Not Exaggerate Her Life Story (Original Post)
erpowers
Jan 2014
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Go, Wendy, you have the GOP worried, it is time to get the grass roots campaign on the road!
Thinkingabout
Jan 2014
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libdem4life
(13,877 posts)1. Wow...thanks to Maria...powerful.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)2. Go, Wendy, you have the GOP worried, it is time to get the grass roots campaign on the road!
We know the RW talk shows are going to try and tear you down but keep in standing, get your go shoes on.
YarnAddict
(1,850 posts)3. I don't think the confusion
over her age at the time of her divorce is the most damaging part of this. And I don't think the republicans do, either.
Cha
(297,220 posts)4. Of course she didn't