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RandySF

(70,652 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:39 AM Mar 2020

Lilly Ledbetter endorses Biden on Equal Pay Day

Lily Ledbetter, a fierce advocate for equal pay, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Equal Pay Day.

“I know Joe Biden. He understands what it’s like to be a single parent. And, he will fight for equal pay and working women, just as he always has," Ledbetter said in a statement. "That’s why I am proud to endorse him to be our next president.”

Ledbetter, 81, added, “This is the first time in more than 12 years that I am at home on Equal Pay Day. I'm usually in some part of the country with a huge crowd of women and men who are dedicated to closing the pay gap. Instead I am staying home, watching along with so many other people as the current president shows Americans just how little he cares about working families."

Ledbetter became one of the central faces of the equal pay movement when she won her gender pay discrimination case against her former employer, Goodyear Tire and Rubbery Company.




https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/490357-lilly-ledbetter-endorses-biden-on-equal-pay-day

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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still_one

(96,555 posts)
1. President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Heard he speak in San Jose a while back
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:50 AM
Mar 2020

She is a trail blazer

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Gothmog

(154,590 posts)
2. "He realizes the sacrifices that have been made, but yet how far away [women] still are in the econo
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 03:26 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Cha

(305,440 posts)
3. Good to Know.. I hope BS sees this...
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 03:27 PM
Mar 2020

TY Goth

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

oasis

(51,705 posts)
4. Lily L. just climbed to number one on Susan Sarandon's shit list.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 04:58 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
6. Why didn't Ledbetter endorse Trump?
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 05:19 PM
Mar 2020

He believes in equal pay.

Thanks to him millions of Americans are now all equally making nothing.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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