09-20-2016, 08:31 PM
(09-20-2016, 04:10 PM)Duchess Wrote:
Trump's maternity leave plan is only for legally married women. No single mothers, no fathers, no gays, legally married women only, no adoptive mothers either.
I thought Ivanka Trump got a little hot under the collar when questioned about that. She seemed thrown off guard and said that only natural birth mothers should have leave because they have to recuperate physically. Typically, though, maternity/paternity leave is also meant to allow for bonding time with a new child in the home.
Then, when the interviewer asked her about her father's previous statements on pregnancy in the workplace and child care, she got defensive and was either ignorant or lying. She said that her father was the only one with a child care proposal and that he'd brought the issue to the table.
She got shut down on that response. Hillary Clinton laid out a specific, more detailed, and much more inclusive proposal for a child care program like 5 or 6 months ago.
Anyway, I saw today that Trump now has the same percentage support from Republicans as Clinton does from Democrats. She's stayed steady with party-affiliates and he's gained about 6% on that front over the last couple of months.
The race is definitely tightening. They're both having major problems with young people who want progress, instead of status quo (Hillary perception) and moving backwards in terms of diversity and tolerance (Trump perception).