Joe Biden joins the call for equal pay for the U.S. Women's Soccer Team

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"Former Vice President Joe Biden has joined other Democratic presidential hopefuls in offering support for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team in its fight for equal pay, saying in a tweet, “In 2019, it’s past time we close the pay gap and ensure women get paid as much as men.”

Presidential candidates including Senators Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, and Bernie Sanders have all signed a letter to the U.S. Soccer Federation to demand that the U.S. Women’s National Team get paid on par with the men’s team, according to The Hill.

President Trump has reportedly declined to say if the women’s national soccer team should be paid the same as the men, saying, “We’ll talk about this later,” when asked by a reporter, according to The Hill.

The American women’s team roundly outperforms the men’s team — the men failed to qualify for last year’s World Cup while the women won it — but the men make much more money. On International Women’s Day, March 8, the women’s team filed a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation, the national governing body for the sport."

https://womenintheworld.com/2019/06/18/joe-biden-joins-the-call-for-equal-pay-for-the-u-s-womens-soccer-team/

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[brooklynite]

1. This is completely unfair...

...they’re far better than the Men’s team...

[George II]

2. As pointed out on The View last week, the women win.

[stonecutter357]

3. K&R