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What do you think it retails for? $5,000? $7,000? That\u2019s what Donald Trump pays for his designer suits. [beat] [audience boos]<\/p>\n
$10,000? No. It retails for $12,495.00. [beat] [audience boos]<\/p>\n
But I<\/em> paid $12.50 for it. Why? Because it\u2019s ugly<\/em>. I went to Goodwill and I had so much to choose from, an abundance of jackets, but I chose this one. Why? Because it was the most attractive one there<\/em>. [beat] [audience laughs]<\/p>\n Would you wear this jacket outside the house? No. Nobody with good taste would. It\u2019s warm, I\u2019ll give you that. And roomy. Look how roomy it is. It\u2019s well made. It is<\/em> an Armani, after all. But it\u2019s ugly<\/em>. Not only wouldn\u2019t you wear this outside the house, you wouldn\u2019t wear it to a job interview.<\/p>\n Yet that\u2019s what most of you, our working women today, have to choose from: ugly, uglier, and ugliest. [beat] [audience laughs]<\/p>\n You work hard to feed your families, to keep a roof over your heads. You sacrifice your needs for your children the best you can. You might go without eating because you gave the last of it to your children, without sleeping because you\u2019re working two jobs to make what a man would make with one job, without love<\/em> because you\u2019re too tired to invest yourself in a relationship with a person who loves you. But no matter what you sacrifice, it\u2019s never enough, is it? [beat] [audience shouts NO]<\/p>\n The light bill has to be paid. You\u2019re living paycheck-to-paycheck because you aren\u2019t being paid the same as the men and you look for a future where you fight to be paid what you deserve. You\u2019re more qualified. You\u2019re being overlooked and overworked. You decide\u2014because you are a powerful woman<\/em> who can set her own path [beat] [audience cheers]<\/p>\n \u2014to find a new job. A better job. A job you deserve<\/em> where you will be valued and paid what a man would be paid for the same job. You have an interview and now you have a dilemma: You don\u2019t have appropriate interview clothes. You spent the last you had to feed your children and your next paycheck isn\u2019t until next Friday.<\/p>\n So you borrow a few dollars and head to the thrift store to find an interview outfit. You look and look and look and you realize that your best option is \u2026 this.<\/p>\n This well-made designer jacket that retails for $12,500 but was given to Goodwill because it\u2019s ugly<\/em> and does not project the image of the powerful women you really are. It doesn\u2019t say, \u201cI deserve this job because I\u2019m the best qualified.\u201d It says, \u201cI\u2019m a schlub.\u201d It doesn\u2019t say, \u201cI deserve this job because I\u2019m calm, cool, and collected and can manage crises extraordinarily well.\u201d It says, \u201cI\u2019m useless.\u201d<\/p>\n You know the value of a dollar. You have to because you aren\u2019t making as much as men do for the same job, and minimum wage just isn\u2019t enough to feed your family anymore. I have dedicated my life to ensuring that all hardworking Americans have the chance to succeed, no matter their circumstances.<\/p>\n I have led the charge for equal pay for equal work. [beat]<\/p>\n I have expanded access to early childhood education and healthcare. [beat]<\/p>\n I have worked tirelessly to raise the minimum wage and advocate for out-of-work Americans because I believe that every American should have the right to achieve economic security and income opportunity. [beat]<\/p>\n You\u2019ve been in this ugly jacket for too long. You deserve better than this jacket. You deserve to be paid what men are paid for the same job and you deserve better than minimum wage!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Or, if I were Hillary Clinton’s speechwriter.) Do you see this jacket? It\u2019s an Armani jacket. [beat] What do you think it retails for? $5,000? $7,000? That\u2019s what Donald Trump pays for his designer suits. [beat] [audience boos] $10,000? No. It retails for $12,495.00. [beat] [audience boos] But I paid $12.50 for it. Why? 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