Clinton talks women's issues during Cedar Falls stop IOWA
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Clinton talks women's issues during Cedar Falls stop
By Nicholas Fischer, The Northern Iowan/IowaWatch Caucus Reporting Project Updated 17 hrs ago 0
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa ..............
Many of the talking points in Clinton’s 40-minute speech during her stop at the University of Northern Iowa were aimed at addressing issues she hopes connects with women: paid maternity leave, equal wages, violence against women and reproductive rights.
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Asked twice by audience members about her thoughts on Sanders, Clinton said debates will help voters draw contrasts between her platform and Sanders’.
Clinton said the minimum wage is a womans’ issue because two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women. She also called for eliminating minimum wage exemptions for workers who earn tips, an economic tool she said exploits predominantly women. She said women can be paid as little as $2.13 an hour waitressing, bartending or as a hair salon employee.
“The theory is that they will get up to the minimum wage with tips. But the reality is that’s often not the case,” Clinton said, drawing applause. “And they often have to get harassed to get them.”
Perhaps the most raucous applause came from Clinton’s direct denunciation of Gov. Terry Branstad’s veto this past summer of mental health funding that would have kept open two of Iowa’s four mental health facilities...................
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