Meghan Markle advocates for paid leave for all in letter to Congress
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Meghan Markle showed her support for paid parental leave and it left (at least) one Republican fuming.
The Duchess of Sussex triggered a backlash with a Congressman saying the Queen should remove her title after she wrote an open letter to Congress demanding paid leave for all new parents in America.
She wrote about her childhood and how she raises her own children. She said: “No family should have to choose between earning a living and having the freedom to take care of their child.”
Paid leave should be a “national right” and a programme needs to be created to enact a “strong paid leave program for every American that’s guaranteed, accessible and encouraged without stigma or penalty”.
“This isn’t about Right or Left, it’s about right or wrong.
“This is about putting families above politics.”
But not everyone agreed with her and Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., said she was “interfering” in politics and should “stick to acting.”
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“Ms. Markle’s latest interference in U.S. politics reignites the question in my mind as to why the Royal Family does not simply strip her and Harry officially of their titles, particularly since she insists on sending this under the pretence of being the Duchess of Sussex,” he told the Daily Mail.
“While her attempts at appealing to working class families by recalling her days of eating at Sizzler were laughable, her comments make crystal clear that the passage of this massive tax-and-spend bill is aimed more at helping global elites get huge tax breaks than helping the working families she claims to have dined with.”
Another Republican, Lisa McClain, R-Mich, said Markle was “incredibly out of touch” with Americans and that she should “stick to acting instead of trying to play politics”.
“The last thing we need right now is wealthy celebrities pushing their liberal agendas on the American people,” she added.
Congressman Smith has already previously suggested that the royal family strip the royal couple over ‘interference in the US election’, after Prince Harry urged people to “reject hate speech”.
