Fortune - U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) says Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina’s stance on paid leave is out of touch and hurting her chances of making it to the White House.
Fiorina told CNN that she opposes a government mandate requiring companies to provide paid maternity leave. Gillibrand, who introduced legislation to give workers access to paid family and medical leave earlier this year, told Fortune, “I think it will overwhelmingly [hurt] her with both male and female Republican voters because overwhelmingly, they all support paid leave."
While “all” is an exaggeration, 74% of Republican voters (and 82% of all voters) say that employees should be able to earn paid time off to take care of themselves and their families, according to a poll conducted in January by Lake Research Partners in conjunction with the Make It Work campaign, which advocates for equal pay, childcare services, and paid leave, among other issues.
As for why Fiorina is out of sync with voters, Gillibrand suggests that the one-time CEO of Hewlett-Packard, whose net worth is reportedly $59 million, is simply unaware of the realities of America’s working class.
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