California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder said employers should be able to ask women if and when they plan to get pregnant
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California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder said employers should be able to ask women if and when they plan to get pregnant
FILE - In this July 13, 2021, file photo, conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder speaks to supporters during a campaign stop in Norwalk, Calif. Elder was not on the list of candidates released Saturday in the recall election that could end the term of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File
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Republican Larry Elder defended an employer's right to ask about pregnancy in a 2002 book.
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Elder, who is running for governor of California, doubled down on his beliefs Wednesday.
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"Government should not be intruding into the relationship between employer and employee," he said.
Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder, a Republican frontrunner in California's governor race, doubled down on past comments he made defending employers asking women if and when they plan to get pregnant.
Elder, who is running in the recall election to unseat Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, expressed his views on the subject in the 2002 book "Showdown: Confronting Bias, Lies, and the Special Interests that Divide America," Media Matters reported last week.
In the book, Elder wrote: "Are there legitimate business reasons for a venture capitalist to ask a female entrepreneur whether and when she intends to have children? Hell, yes."
He compared it to a sports team forbidding its players from taking part in "hazardous conduct not related to their sport."
"Call it protecting an investment," he added.
He also suggested women who have kids aren't "committed" to work, Media Matters reported.
When asked about the comments by the Associated Press on Wednesday, Elder stood by his past statements, responding, "government should not be intruding into the relationship between employer and employee."
It is illegal under state and federal laws for an employer in the US to discriminate based on pregnancy. Asking about pregnancy is not illegal, though it could be seen as evidence if discrimination later occurs.
Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer , another leading GOP candidate in the recall election, ripped into his opponent over the comments.
Faulconer retweeted Elder's remarks, adding: "Every undecided voter - pay attention. These are not California values. These are not Republican, Democrat, or independent values. Larry Elder is doubling down on his attacks on working women and California families."
Polls show Elder in the lead if Californians do decide to recall Newsom. A recent poll conducted by the University of California, Berkeley found voters are nearly evenly split, with 50% who oppose recalling Newsom and 47% in support, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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In the book, Elder wrote: "Are there legitimate business reasons for a venture capitalist to ask a female entrepreneur whether and when she intends to have children? Hell, yes."
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He compared it to a sports team forbidding its players from taking part in "hazardous conduct not related to their sport."
"Call it protecting an investment," he added.
He also suggested women who have kids aren't "committed" to work, Media Matters reported.
When asked about the comments by the Associated Press on Wednesday, Elder stood by his past statements, responding, "government should not be intruding into the relationship between employer and employee."
When asked about the comments by the Associated Press on Wednesday, Elder stood by his past statements, responding, "government should not be intruding into the relationship between employer and employee."
What a dick! What a hypocrite! Government can't intrude but your boss can?????????????????????
I have a feeling Elder is not going to make it to the top. He has been an extremist for years now and California doesnt want that.
The migrant voters don't even know what that is. The wouldn't be voting (D) if they did.
Looks like someone doesn't have any 'I hate President Biden' 'articles' to post.
This is the guy who want's to lower the minimum wage to zero so... He wants slavery I guess.
Not only does he sound like a misogynist but he also sounds like a self-hating black man
Yeah, no minimum wage? WTF?
Larry is no Republican. He is a libertarian. He always has been. Voting for him would be like electing Ron Swanson as governor.