Mother of four said that she cannot afford gas, electricity, and her four children
MSNBC host Jen Psaki traveled to a Pennsylvania town with an abortion rights activist and found that residents frequently brought up the economy and jobs as critical voting issues.
Last Thursday, the former White House press secretary turned television personality traveled around the Pittsburgh suburb of Braddock with Robin Young, a canvasser for Planned Parenthood Votes.
At one point, Young and Psaki walked up to the doorstep of Amanda Rivera, who said she was a mother of four struggling to support her family. Throughout the exchange, Rivera’s children repeatedly tried to pull open the door she was pressed up against while answering questions.
"As a mother of four children, the jobs, they say that all these jobs are out there, but they don’t want to pay enough for you to actually live off of the jobs—so you know, I’d like there to be, you know more jobs available with the flexibility to be able to actually work and take care of your family," Rivera said.
She revealed that her husband takes home about $400 a week, and that she currently cannot afford childcare to go back to work herself. She added that the money her family takes home is not enough to sustain four children, as well as electricity and gas.
"I’m sure it’s not the answer you wanted but," Rivera said as the conversation drew to a close.
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MSNBC host Jen Psaki traveled to a Pennsylvania town with an abortion rights activist and found that residents frequently brought up the economy and jobs as critical voting issues.
Last Thursday, the former White House press secretary turned television personality traveled around the Pittsburgh suburb of Braddock with Robin Young, a canvasser for Planned Parenthood Votes.
At one point, Young and Psaki walked up to the doorstep of Amanda Rivera, who said she was a mother of four struggling to support her family. Throughout the exchange, Rivera’s children repeatedly tried to pull open the door she was pressed up against while answering questions.
"As a mother of four children, the jobs, they say that all these jobs are out there, but they don’t want to pay enough for you to actually live off of the jobs—so you know, I’d like there to be, you know more jobs available with the flexibility to be able to actually work and take care of your family," Rivera said.
She revealed that her husband takes home about $400 a week, and that she currently cannot afford childcare to go back to work herself. She added that the money her family takes home is not enough to sustain four children, as well as electricity and gas.
"I’m sure it’s not the answer you wanted but," Rivera said as the conversation drew to a close.
Jen Psaki told by Pennsylvania mom that economy, jobs are biggest voting issues: ‘Not the answer you wanted’
Jen Psaki and a Planned Parenthood canvasser were told by a Pennsylvania mother that her chief concerns are about jobs and the cost of living.
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