Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumClinton wins endorsement from Women's Chamber of Commerce
Hillary Clinton has won the endorsements of North America's Building Trades and the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, giving her the public backing of two large organizations as she works to make rebuilding roads and bridges and women's economic issues central to her campaign.
The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, meanwhile, represents about 500,000 female business owners, executives and workers. Their support for Clinton marks their first public endorsement of a presidential candidate. Much of the group's work focuses on increasing capital and access to federal contracts for female-owned companies as well as the number of women in leadership positions.
"For our detailed review, one candidate Hillary Clinton stands head and shoulders above the rest," said CEO Margot Dorfman, in a statement. "The election of Hillary Clinton as President of the United States will unleash the economic power of women and forge a bold new potential for every woman in America."
The endorsement comes as Clinton holds a female-focused campaign event in New Hampshire, a state where many of the top political positions are held by women.
Clinton has made expanding the economic clout of women with policies like paid family leave and equal pay a central theme of her campaign. Unlike during her 2008 presidential campaign, when Clinton shied away from focusing heavily on her gender, she often touts her potential to make history as the nation's first female president on the campaign trail.
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/12/03/womens-economic-organization-backs-clinton
msrizzo
(796 posts)...because EVERYONE knows that rank and file female business owners (and in fact probably 95% of all females) will never vote for Hillary Clinton. </snark>
William769
(55,148 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Gosh those w-o-men, what the heck do they know.
Two great endorses, go Hillary!
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)If all these groups and coalitions come out in November, it will be a landslide election!
A huge landslide if those "special secret millennials" put down their iphones, stop PLAYING Candy Crush, register to vote - and vote for the Democratic nominee!!!
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