Last Tuesday, Sandra Fluke lost her bid to be elected to the California State Senate. In addition to being an advocate for “free” birth control, Fluke has lobbied to raise the minimum wage as well as taken a stand against wage theft.
Speaking of wages, one of her supporters had an inquiry (we’ve blocked out the phone number):
#RaiseTheWage!
Fluke’s response was the political equivalent of “take it up with human resources”:
It has to be checked:
https://twitter.com/ThomasOfKC/status/532640997713666049
Without a doubt!
Well, maybe with some doubt.
@SandraFluke @DLoesch @kauai999 And what about covering their birth control?
— Peter Cobb (@PeterCIAmCoptic) November 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/KeviKev10/status/532641594043039744
https://twitter.com/CGroswold/status/532642706909306881
https://twitter.com/WeldonMcDavid/status/532645181900587008
https://twitter.com/FSU_Jo15/status/532647349664108544
Pay them in Obamacare condoms… RT @SandraFluke @DLoesch @kauai999 Staff is following up to make sure you receive payment for hours worked.
— The Riot (@ThatRiotShow) November 12, 2014
Editor’s note: We have blocked out the Fluke supporter’s phone number in the last embedded tweet. Thanks to commenter Paulie Walnuts for bringing the number to our attention.
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