Lilly Ledbetter Slams Mitt Romney, GOP On Fair Pay Issue

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Lilly Ledbetter, the woman who famously sued her employer after discovering she was being paid less than her male colleagues and who inspired the first piece of legislation President Barack Obama signed upon entering office, fired back against likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney after he declined to say whether he would have signed the bill into law.

"It took me more than 20 years to get an answer for the injustices that I suffered as an unfairly paid worker, so I know what it's like to wait for justice. I know what it's like to fight for justice. But Mitt Romney told me and millions of other women that he couldn't commit to fighting with us or for us," Ledbetter told reporters Wednesday.

On National Equal Pay Day Tuesday, one day after Romney dodged a question about the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the executive director of the New Hampshire Republican Party called the law a "handout to trial lawyers" that allows women to "sue their employers unnecessarily."

"Romney and the New Hampshire Republican Party should also consider this isn't just about women," Ledbetter responded. "It's all about families and their economic security. I know Obama believes in those values."


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