Bernie Sanders airs ad aimed at women

Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders ... released an ad aimed at women voters in New Hampshire on Friday touting his support for women’s rights.

Ahead of a weekend trip to the state that votes second in the Democratic presidential nominating race next month, the ad highlights Sanders’ support for equal pay, abortion rights, paid family leave and affordable child care.

“Bernie Sanders is on our side and always has been,” the female narrator says in the ad, which the campaign said would air in New Hampshire along with a second video touting Sanders’ ambitious goals such as universal healthcare and affordable college. “Women do not need 80 cents on the dollar. They need the whole damn dollar,” Sanders says in the television spot, which also aired on Monday in Iowa, the state that kicks off the Democratic presidential voting on Feb. 3.

Sanders plans to campaign in New Hampshire on Saturday and Sunday, with a quick trip to South Carolina and Iowa on Monday before returning to Washington next week for the start of Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders/after-feud-with-warren-bernie-sanders-airs-ad-aimed-at-women-idUSKBN1ZG2BO