{"id":74438,"date":"2016-10-25T02:57:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T06:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=74438"},"modified":"2016-10-24T21:02:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:02:22","slug":"women-turn-out-to-support-kim-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=74438","title":{"rendered":"Women turn out to support Kim Myers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_74439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74439\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=74439\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-74439\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74439\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-9-249x300.jpg?resize=249%2C300\" alt=\"Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and EMILY\u2019s List Executive Director Jessica O'Connell Attend &quot;Women For Kim&quot; Event.\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-9.jpg?resize=249%2C300&amp;ssl=1 249w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-9.jpg?resize=124%2C150&amp;ssl=1 124w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-9.jpg?resize=400%2C483&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-9.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and EMILY\u2019s List Executive Director Jessica O&#8217;Connell Attend &#8220;Women For Kim&#8221; Event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and EMILY\u2019s List Executive Director Jessica O\u2019Connell joined \u201cWomen For Kim\u201d in support of Congressional candidate Kim Myers <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_950997959\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sunday<\/span><\/span> in Vestal, rallying volunteers as they took to the phones to get out the vote in New York&#8217;s 22nd Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, a trailblazer and leading advocate for women and families, praised Myers, \u201cShe&#8217;s an outstanding candidate. We need her voice and experience as a mother, small business owner, school board member, and county legislator in Congress. Someone with her heart and mind can really make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EMILY\u2019s List, the nation\u2019s largest resource for women in politics, has strongly supported Myers since endorsing her in August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere could not be more at stake for women this election. We need more leaders in Congress like Kim who will put New York women and families first,\u201d said Jessica O\u2019Connell, Executive Director of EMILY\u2019s List.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKim will fight for equal pay for equal work, protect women&#8217;s access to healthcare, and\u00a0support <!--more-->legislation that will require universal background checks for gun purchasers to ensure that violent felons, domestic abusers, and terrorists cannot buy guns. That&#8217;s why EMILY&#8217;s List is so proud to stand with Kim Meyers and to help get New York voters out\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_950997960\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Nov. 8th<\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Myers thanked her special guests as she addressed the crowd, \u201cI am honored to have the support of Congresswoman Maloney and EMILY\u2019s List, and am so grateful to have had them join us today. With their help, I know our momentum will continue as we bring our message to voters through Election Day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and EMILY\u2019s List Executive Director Jessica O\u2019Connell joined \u201cWomen For Kim\u201d in support of Congressional candidate Kim Myers Sunday in Vestal, rallying volunteers as they took to the phones to get out the vote in New York&#8217;s 22nd Congressional District. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, a trailblazer and leading advocate for women and families, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23811,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-jmC","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-9.jpg?fit=480%2C579&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}