As of Wednesday night, the video had amassed more than 12.9 million views (and counting) and propelled more than $285,000 in donations from 6,200 contributors to her campaign - an exorbitant sum for a state-level pol. Only 23% of working Americans have access to paid parental leave. They face an unfair choice: spend time with their families or continue to earn a paycheck.
Amazon’s paid leave policy allows parents to do both.īack in D.C., McMorrow’s speech has triggered a conversation among Democratic strategists about whether it’s a model for how the party can hit back on “culture war” issues. There’s a sense that the right has overreached on issues like abortion and LGBTQ rights, and that in doing so, they’ve provided Dems with an opening in an otherwise grim midterm cycle.
