Ayanna Pressley: “Women face systemic gender discrimination.”

“While there has been progress, the work is unfinished. Actually, the work is piling up due to Republicans emboldening greater discrimination while simultaneously dismantling civil rights protections. For example, Women face systemic gender discrimination. I know you can't tell by looking at the Republican Party, but women make up 50% of this country, and we deserve equal rights. So I'm going to start with a simple question.” (01:39–01:42)

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