We stopped keeping track of how many years we’ve been hearing from Democrats about the importance of “equal pay for equal work” and the need to close the “gender wage gap.” But it’s been quite a few years.
The thing is, we’re not sure why we’ve been hearing about it for as long as we have. Because according to Nancy Pelosi, President John F. Kennedy took care of closing the gap almost 60 years ago.
Check this out:
Nearly six decades ago, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, enshrining the principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ into federal law. Today, Americans proudly commemorate this momentous step forward in the fight for workplace justice.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 10, 2022
Confused? Join the club.
wait a minute: JFK fixed this thing y'all keep bitching about 60 years ago? https://t.co/FMIm5vVRit
— NeverTweet (@LOLNeverTweet) June 10, 2022
So is the pay gap real or did JFK solve it 60 years ago? It can’t be both https://t.co/ANLfrmH1Wn
— Master Shake (@TheWinningEdge7) June 10, 2022
It literally makes no sense. If JFK officially made it officially illegal to pay women less, then why is Nancy Pelosi still officially complaining about women being paid less today?
You admit the wage gap is a Democrat fabrication? https://t.co/xHEpjyKzFY
— Great Ultra-MAGA King (@Brain_Pwr) June 10, 2022
It sure sounds like that’s what she’s admitting. But not on purpose. She’ll never admit it explicitly.
She’ll just lean even harder into the fabrication:
However, with women still receiving 83 cents for every dollar made by their male colleagues – a gap that is even wider for women of color – we also recognize that the fight for gender equality remains as urgent as ever.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 10, 2022
“Equal pay has been enshrined in federal law for decades! Also, we need to fight for equal pay!”
Closing the gender pay gap is both a moral and economic imperative.
That is why @HouseDemocrats are leading the charge to remove barriers to prosperity – twice passing Chair @RosaDeLauro's Paycheck Fairness Act to strengthen and modernize the Equal Pay Act.— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 10, 2022
In 1944, as women helped power America’s economy through World War II, Congresswoman Winifred Stanley introduced one of our nation’s first equal pay proposals. She argued: ‘This battered old universe needs and will need the best brains and ability of both men and women.’
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 10, 2022
OK, but if it’s the best brains Nancy’s after, she needs to take herself out of the mix.
As we face the immense challenges of our own era, let us continue fighting to achieve full gender equality so that our nation may draw from the strength and talents of all Americans — because when women succeed, America succeeds.https://t.co/RMtWacAecZ
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 10, 2022
We’re honestly not sure why Nancy Pelosi is so worried about women making less money than men. She’s a woman (or at least a birthing person), and thanks to her hot stock tip sources, she’s got more money than most women and men in America.
So equal pay is already a federal law? Very interesting. https://t.co/UjiQKBgv5m
— James Smith (@J_Smith_711) June 10, 2022
And speaking of federal laws that are already on the books:
I bet someone made crossing the border without permission illegal years ago too. https://t.co/AuOs148SOu
— Overstanding Bot Reynolds (@botReynolds) June 10, 2022
We seem to remember something like that happening …
