I am proud to stand with equal pay advocate, Lily Ledbetter, in her endorsement of Hillary Clinton

[DemocratSinceBirth]

DES MOINES, Iowa — Hillary Clinton won the endorsement Friday of the woman behind federal legislation making it easier for women to challenge their employers over unequal pay.

Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of the first law President Obama signed in 2009, said Clinton is a "fierce and uncompromising champion for women, for basic fairness, and for opportunity for everyone."

The Clinton campaign was announcing the presidential endorsement Friday, the seventh anniversary of the law loosening time limits for lawsuits over unequal pay. Clinton frequently invokes Ledbetter's story in her campaign speeches, and notes that women are typically paid roughly 20 percent less than men for the same work.

"We have got to have equal pay for equal work," Clinton said Thursday, as she campaigned in Iowa.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/29/equal-pay-litigant-lilly-ledbetter-endorses-clinton/

[workinclasszero]

1. Awesome!

Lilly Ledbetter, namesake of the first law President Obama signed in 2009, said Clinton is a "fierce and uncompromising champion for women, for basic fairness, and for opportunity for everyone."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. We plebeians need to stick together, my dear friend.

[workinclasszero]

3. Yes sir!

[riversedge]

31. Very nice...

[BeyondGeography]

4. She's awesome

and genuine. She plowed through that 2012 DNC speech; probably more than a little scared to be up there but even more determined to make her point. When she finally cracks a smile and shakes her head at the thought of Mitt Romney and his foreign bank accounts (3:44) you just wanted to high-five her:

[DesertRat]

5. Great endorsement!

[DanTex]

6. Honk honk!

[handmade34]

7. !!

[livetohike]

8. K&R

[Iliyah]

9. K & R

"We Won't be Erased"

[redstateblues]

10. K&R!

[MeNMyVolt]

11. You have great taste in music! K&R

[George II]

12. Who better to advocate for income equality? Great endorsement, and overall the endorsements....

....continue to pile up for Hillary Clinton from all segments of our society.

[frylock]

13. #fightfor12

[thomservo]

14. Now if we could...

just get Clinton to support a $15.00 an hour minimum wage for women workers.

[Beacool]

15. Great woman, wonderful endorsement!!!

[nyabingi]

16. Oh please tell me Hillary

isn't abusing Sly Stone's music during her campaign.

Sly's music is not for people like her.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Sly belongs to all of us. This is actually my favorite Sly song.

[nyabingi]

18. I love Sly too

but having his music tied to Hillary doesn't sit right with me because her ideals are starkly different to what Sly sang about.

[Laser102]

19. This is yet another great endorsement for our future President.

Always love the music you pick DSB! Big Sly fan.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. That was a great era for music./nt

[Gore1FL]

20. I proudly stand with the candidate that will actually do something about it! n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. Sir or madame, you are free to stand with whomever you want.

I will stand with Lily and Hillary.


Sincerely,

DemocratSinceBirth

[Gore1FL]

30. I didn;t realize I needed permission.

You are free to do have your opinions, too.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. My esteemed interlocutor

My esteemed interlocutor, I was just availing myself of the opportunity you provided me to reiterate my support for Hillary Clinton and Lily Ledbetter.



With warm regards,

DemocratSinceBirth

[Gore1FL]

34. I will avail myself to express my support for Hillary Clinton and Lily Ledbetter, too.

I just hope Sanders gets elected because he's be better at making a difference.

Warmest regards back to you.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. Have a terrific weekend./nt

[mcar]

21. K&R

[SidDithers]

22. DU rec...nt

Sid

[stonecutter357]

25. K&R!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. She was at the White House today. The timing was brilliant!!!

DSB

[tularetom]

27. Isn't it hard for you to type when you're proudly standing with somebody?

[Gothmog]

28. This is another great endorsement

[Iliyah]

29. Thank DSB!

And it does not surprise of the negative responses again on a Pro-HRC thread.

[Sheepshank]

33. I was so very excited to read this. Frankly have been waiting

Women's issues...no one understands better than women. And Lilly Ledbetter ad figured out how much more Hillary can accomplish...much more than all the Bernie lip service in the world.