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Search results for "Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norwegian men's team are paid the same as the women's team."

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The Other 98% stated on March 31, 2016 in a Facebook image:
"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."
By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2016
Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2026 in a Truth Social post:
“The United States Supreme Court just ruled against men playing in women’s sports."
By Caleb McCullough• July 1, 2026
Viral BuzzFeed stated on April 20, 2015 in video:
Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.  
By Nancy Badertscher, Jim Tharpe• April 22, 2015
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet:
Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.
By Steve Contorno• June 19, 2014
Facebook posts stated on December 14, 2024 in a post:
“Men’s swimming team refuses to compete against Lia Thomas, calling her a 'cheat'”
By Grace Abels• December 18, 2024
Tim Kaine stated on June 06, 2012 in a fundraising letter.:
Virginia women earn "only 79 cents to each dollar earned by men..."
By Nancy Madsen• June 15, 2012
Donald Trump stated on February 22, 2026 in a TikTok post:
U.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk said about the Canadian hockey team, “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f----s a lesson.”
By Maria Briceño• February 27, 2026
Pete Hegseth stated on May 26, 2014 in a segment on "Outnumbered":
Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect."
By Katie Sanders• June 4, 2014
Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“The US Women's team has made it clear that they will resign immediately if the Olympic Committee allows Lia Thomas to try out.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 7, 2024
Cecile Richards stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun:
Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."
By W. Gardner Selby• July 29, 2016
Jerry Jones stated on January 09, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015:
The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 9, 2015
Carlos Gimenez stated on April 10, 2013 in a county commission meeting:
The Miami Dolphins "are the only NFL team in the entire nation that pays property taxes."
By Amy Sherman• April 22, 2013
Kamala Harris stated on May 22, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert":
"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."
By Louis Jacobson• May 23, 2019
Elizabeth Colbert Busch stated on April 09, 2013 in a news release:
In South Carolina, women earn 76 cents on the dollar to men’s earnings.
By Janel Davis• April 12, 2013
Wendy Davis stated on July 29, 2013 in an email blast.:
"Texas women make an average of $8,355 less per year than men doing the very same job."
By Andra Lim• August 7, 2013
Sharon Day stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "paid women less than the men" in her office.
By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• July 20, 2016
Jason Carter stated on April 08, 2014 in social media posts:
Women are paid 77 cents for every $1 men get for the same work.
By Eric Stirgus• April 21, 2014
Donald Trump stated on May 13, 2015 in a tweet:
"You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended."
By Katie Sanders• May 18, 2015
Kathleen Falk stated on April 17, 2012 in a newspaper interview:
Wisconsin women "are paid 81 cents to the dollar of a man doing the same job."
By Tom Kertscher• May 2, 2012
Carly Fiorina stated on January 21, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Says President Barack Obama is "not paying women equally by his own measures in his own White House."
By Jon Greenberg• January 22, 2015

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