Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said on Sunday that women “don’t want” equal pay laws.
In a panel on NBC’s “Meet The Press” discussing new statistics showing women are increasingly the primary breadwinners in American families, David Axelrod asked Blackburn if she would support workplace gender equality legislation. The Tennessee representative responded by insinuating that such legislation would be condescending to a woman already qualified for a position on the basis of her skills alone.
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