Minnesota Lesbian Candidate Doesn't Let Labor Pains Stop Her Speech
The Washington Post reports. She came to the DFL convention anyway, taking breaks as needed, and spoke as scheduled.“This is our moment to build our future together,” she said, as documented on video. “To unlock the powerful, life-affirming, transformative kind of politics that means we can … create economic opportunity and prosperity and safeguard our civil and human rights.” Even having intense labor pains, she finished her speech and stayed through a question-and-answer period. “Erin had a contraction during her speech in front of a room of 200 people and then again during her Q&A,” Emma McBride, political director for Women Winning and a supporter of McBride, told the Post. “While her opponent continued on answering the question, she was bent over in the chair holding her wife’s hand — and then immediately afterward was handed the mic and expected to answer a question, which she did and she did flawlessly.”McBride and others said the party should have suspended the process due to Maye Quade’s labor. “While we were in awe of her strength, it was actually horrifying to watch a woman go through this vulnerable experience with nobody with the power to do so stepping in and putting an end to it,” McBride said.
Her rival, Justin Emmerich, told the Post he would have agreed to a suspension if Maye Quade had made a formal request.In the first round of delegate balloting, Maye Quade received 74 votes and Emmerich 91, meaning neither of them received the 60 percent necessary to avoid a second round.
