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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordDecember 9, 2019
So, the market has decided that women and people who give birth deserve less time with their children than a dog.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Ocasio-Cortez criticizes the market's treatment of parental leave.

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