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TYT: Former Trump Staffer: He Pays Women Less
In the least surprising news of all time, Donald Trump is being accused of sexual discrimination. A former staffer alleges that the Trump campaign regularly pays women less than men. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“A former staffer from Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for president alleges that the campaign pays women staffers less than men as a matter of course and that sexism is rampant among the former reality TV star’s campaign staff.
According to the New York Times, former staffer Elizabeth Mae Davidson, 26, filed a complaint with the Davenport, Iowa Civil Rights Commission alleging that men working for the campaign were paid more than women doing the same jobs and that male campaign staffers were allowed to plan and speak at rallies while women were expected to keep quiet and follow orders.
Furthermore, Davidson said, when Trump was confronted with herself and another female campaign volunteer at a rally last summer, the billionaire mogul said, “You guys could do a lot of damage,” in apparent reference to their looks.”*
Read more here: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/fired-staffer-accuses-trump-and-his-campaign-of-sexism-and-wage-discrimination/