Donald Trump will propose policies aimed at expanding access to affordable child care for families on Tuesday night, which he said his oldest daughter, Ivanka, pushed him to do.
During an afternoon campaign stop near Des Moines, Iowa Trump said his daughter, who reportedly helped draft the proposals, would be involved in the rollout this evening in Aston, Pennsylvania.
“She is the one that has been pushing for it so hard. ‘Daddy, daddy, we have to do this, it’s so smart,’ and she’s right, ” he said of his daughter.
The event will be Ivanka Trump’s first high-profile campaign appearance since her well-received Republican National Convention speech in July, where she first mentioned child care as one of her father’s policy priorities.
The GOP nominee will propose six weeks of guaranteed maternity leave in the form of six weeks of unemployment insurance benefits for mothers whose employers do not guarantee leave, an anonymous Trump campaign official briefed on the plan told CNN.
Funding for the program will come from savings gleaned by eliminating unemployment insurance fraud, the campaign said.
Hillary Clinton proposed 12 weeks of paid family leave early in her campaign, saying the program would be funded by raising taxes for the highest earners.
Did she have her unpaid intern write the policy, Donnie?
If Ivanka folds under questioning will she disappear like Melania?
Trump:
This is just another example of small government, GOP style:
"expanding access to affordable child care for families ".
It will cost nothing as I will have China pay for it.
He keeps having these great ideas, and then not doing them. “I know how to defeat ISIS.” Tell us, so it can be done now. “Hillary and I should release medical records.” Still waiting, Donald. “Companies can manufacture in the US, and give child care benefits.” You are an employer, Trump, so just do it!