Minnesota Candidate Delivers Convention Speech While In Labor
Minnesota Candidate Delivers Convention Speech While In Labor
“I think that they would’ve stopped this convention for any other medical emergency, but instead they put a Black woman through immense pain and put her in front of the room during one of her most vulnerable moments in life ― in front of a room of 200 people,” added Emma McBride, political director of Women Winning, who works with Maye Quade’s wife and was a campaign surrogate. “I just felt really disappointed that nobody in the room who had the power to do so was putting a stop to this.”
Both McBride and the Maye Quade campaign said they didn’t fault any single person for what happened Saturday. But they were disappointed that there wasn’t a process to properly respond.
“Watching what happened, and watching a DFL process fail yet again another woman, another woman of color, and put somebody through something so difficult as that just reaffirms why we do what we do. We need pro-choice women in all places where decisions are being made,” McBride said.
Maye Quade successfully delivered a baby girl around 2 a.m. on Sunday. Both the mother and daughter are doing well.
