Halle Berry
Hey Newsom, You Screwed Girls On Menopause …
You Should not Be President!!!
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Halle Berry went scorched earth on Gavin Newsom throughout Wednesday’s New York Occasions’ DealBook Summit, calling out the California governor for vetoing a menopause invoice whereas additionally crapping on his aspirations to doubtlessly change into the following president.
The Academy Award-winning actress took to the stage on the NYT occasion to present a speech about menopause, throughout which she identified Newsom had vetoed California’s menopause invoice two years in a row.
Berry did not maintain again, telling the packed crowd … “However that is okay, as a result of he isn’t going to be governor eternally, and the way in which he has neglected girls, half the inhabitants, by devaluing us, he most likely shouldn’t be our subsequent president both.”
If Newsom had handed the invoice, it could have required sure well being plans and insurers to cowl the prices of analysis and therapy for perimenopause and menopause signs. It might have additionally incentivized or required docs who’ve greater than 25 % girls beneath 65 as sufferers to finish medical training coursework on menopause care.
After Berry completed her speech, it simply so occurred Newsom was the following visitor to seem onstage with host Andrew Ross Sorkin, who interviewed the governor about what modifications the democratic get together must make after dropping the 2024 presidential election.
In the course of the Q&A, Newsom by no means addressed Halle’s critique of him. However, his spokesperson later issued a press release to TMZ, saying the governor deeply admires Halle’s advocacy and appears ahead to working together with her on this “vital challenge” as a result of he shares her objective of increasing entry to menopause care.
Newsom additionally stated he vetoed the invoice as a result of it could have “unintentionally raised well being care prices for thousands and thousands of working girls and dealing households already stretched skinny.”
