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Happy Mother’s Day, John!

To all of the mothers in Connecticut, I hope that you are enjoying a relaxing and joyful Sunday.

Social distancing has made this year’s celebration of motherhood a bit different than usual. But even if you’ve had to replace Mother’s Day brunch with a phone call or video chat, I hope that you and your family are making the most of this day.

Yesterday morning, Connecticut Democrats successfully hosted our first-ever virtual Democratic State Convention where we nominated state party leaders. Today, I’m reflecting on what this year’s elections truly mean for Connecticut’s mothers and grandmothers.

As a mother and a grandmother myself, I don’t want my children or grandchildren to have to live in a country where a misogynist like Donald Trump is president. That’s why I’m so focused on mobilizing voters to ensure that we elect a Democratic president in November.

But this year isn’t just about defeating Donald Trump — we’re mobilizing for progress on the issues that affect the lives of Connecticut mothers every day.

What mothers in Connecticut actually want isn’t just one day of flowers and breakfast in bed.

We want guaranteed paid family and medical leave, universal affordable child care, an end to the gender pay gap, and certainty that our reproductive rights and health care decisions will never be threatened by anyone.

We also want our daughters and granddaughters to grow up knowing that their gender will never stand in the way of them achieving their dreams.

I’m proud of what Connecticut has already accomplished on these issues — our state now has the most robust paid family and medical leave law in the entire country, and we are one of only thirteen states in the nation that guarantees the right to an abortion by state law.

But we still have a lot of work ahead of us. So this Mother’s Day, let’s commit to pushing forward every day this year on the issues that truly matter to Connecticut mothers and grandmothers.

Thank you John, and Happy Mother’s Day!

Nancy Wyman
CT Democratic Party Chair

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