Quinn Blasts de Blasio’s Wife Over Children Comments
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New York City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Christine Quinn is used to facing criticism from fellow candidates.
However, comments from a candidate’s wife that appeared in the New York Times have Quinn sounding off.
In an Aug. 21 Times column, Bill de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, was quoted as saying Christine Quinn was not “the kind of person I feel I can go up to and talk about issues like taking care of children at a young age…”
In response to those comments, Quinn’s campaign issued the following statement Wednesday:
“There are women all across the city who don’t have children for any number of reasons, whether they simply can’t, choose not to, or circumstances don’t afford them the possibility. I have taken a number of shots in this race from the men running against me, and I accept that as par for the course in a political campaign. But to criticize me as not understanding what young families go through because I might not have children, is over the line and I take great personal offense to the comment, as does my wife. As young teenage girls, both my wife and I lost our mothers and the decision to have children is a deep and personal one that we should be afforded the opportunity to make, without aspersion.”
Read more at http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/08/21/quinn-blasts-de-blasios-wife-over-kids-comments/
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