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Sen. Warren Repeats Debunked Claim She Was Fired for Pregnancy as Teacher

‘The principal wished me luck and gave my job to someone else’

EXCERPT:

WARREN: "He called me out by name. And referred to what I talk about as a side show. You know, this is personal for me. When I was 21 years old, I got my first job as a special education teacher. I loved that job. And by the end of the first year, I was visibly pregnant. The principal wished me luck and gave my job to someone else. Pregnancy discrimination, you bet. But I was 21 years old. I didn’t have a union to protect me. And I didn’t have any federal law on my side. So I packed up my stuff, and I went home. At least I didn’t have a boss who said to me 'kill it' the way that Mayor Bloomberg is alleged to have said — "

BLOOMBERG: “I never said that.”

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