A candidate gave a speech while in labor—then had to withdraw from the race to give birth
In his statement Monday, Emmerich said he would have agreed to suspend or postpone the convention had there been a formal request.
Emma McBride, the political director of Women Winning and one of Maye Quade’s supporters who was at the convention Saturday, said Maye Quade’s campaign did not make a formal request because it would have required the support of at least two-thirds of the delegates, something they thought was unlikely since Emmerich did not agree to Maye Quade’s personal request.
Nancy Stroessner, a district chairwoman of the DFL Party in Minnesota, said they learned Maye Quade was in labor going into the convention Saturday “but wanted to be present and move forward with the endorsement process that day.” The delegates had earlier unanimously supported moving the endorsement process — including the speeches and balloting rounds — earlier in the convention to accommodate Maye Quade, she added.
“While we were in awe of her strength, it was actually horrifying to watch a woman go through this vulnerable experience with nobody with the power to do so stepping in and putting an end to it,” McBride said.
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