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Wed Aug 12, 2015, 11:07 PM Aug 2015

Kirsten Gillibrand Hits Carly Fiorina For Opposition To Paid Leave

"She can afford support when she needs it, but her low-wage worker can't."

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On Sunday, Fiorina said she would oppose a government requirement to give private sector workers paid leave.

"I don't think it's the role of government to dictate to the private sector how to manage their businesses," Fiorina told Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." "For the government to tell others how to do things, when the government hasn't gotten its basic house in order, is not only ineffective, it's hypocritical."

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“She may just not be aware, she may be in her own world, her own bubble where she can afford child care, she can afford support when she needs it, but her low-wage worker can’t,” Gillibrand added.

A February HuffPost/YouGov poll showed most Americans support paid leave, with 67 percent favoring paid maternity leave, and 55 percent supporting paid paternity leave. In May, Gillibrand announced a plan to provide all U.S. workers with paid leave.

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