7/25/2019 Heidi Swank endorsement of Bernie Sanders

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By Nevada Assemblywoman Heidi Swank

I am a feminist. Womens rights, womens empowerment, and womens

leadership have been important to me my whole life, and thats why Ispport Bernie Sanders. His platform is the best for women, and everyone inAmeri!a.

Bernie has a long tra!k re!ord of spporting pay e"ity for women. #ne of

the most important e"ali$ers is a %&'( hor minimm wage, whi!h will help

!ontless women. He knows womens bodies are their own. Bernie has

!hampioned a!!ess to high)"ality reprod!tive and se*al health!are,

in!lding a!!ess to !ontra!eptives. He believes in paid family medi!al leave,

and he is also the only !andidate talking abot free niversity tition, whi!h

will help !ontless Ameri!ans gain a!!ess to higher ed!ation.

I !onne!t with Bernies vision personally be!ase my father only went to school

through the eighth grade, and my stdent loans have left me heavily in debt. Weneed a +resident who has a powerfl vision for this !ontry. We need a+resident who is not for sale and !annot be boght by big money or themoneyed interests of Wall Street. We need a +resident who dreams big andwill help bold ideas be!ome a reality.

he fondation of the feminist movement has always been bilt ponempowering all women-yong and old. I respe!t adeline Albright for herservi!e. After all, she was or !ontrys /rst female Se!retary of State.However, I believe her !omment, where she said, 0there is a spe!ial pla!e inhell for women who do not spport Hillary 1linton2 sends a message thatdefeats the spirit of or work as feminists, espe!ially yong feminists. And,as I share my appre!iation for 3loria Steinem, as an Ameri!an feminist anda!tivist, I think she was also wrong to insinate that women involved inBernie Sanders presidential !ampaign are only 0here for the boys.2

he women spporting Bernie Sanders, in!lding myself, are not 0here forthe boys.2 Were here be!ase Bernie Sanders is the best !andidate for+resident of the 4nited States. here is not a spe!ial pla!e in hell for womenlike s. We have a spe!ial pla!e in Ameri!an politi!s. Now is the time to sei$epon this histori! moment.

7/25/2019 Heidi Swank endorsement of Bernie Sanders

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