Klobuchar defends her office's family leave policy

Senator Amy Klobuchar campaigned for president in South Carolina on Saturday, and defended the way she treats her staff.  

This time, a report in the New York Times quotes two former Klobuchar staffers outlining restrictions on the office's family time policy. 

"We have one of the most generous policies that I wish every employer had this," said Klobuchar, who made two stops for meet-and-greets in South Carolina's capital city of Columbia.

"We have 12 weeks of paid family leave, and there was something that was in there from the past that we changed and we never actually enforced it about how you had to work after you came back for a certain period of time. We never enforced it, and it's been changed.

"I think the overriding story here is we have 12 weeks paid family leave, and I think every employer should have that," she said.

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The article in the New York Times, which includes what some former aides say is the Senator's demanding and dehumanizing behavior toward staff, reported that her office's parental leave policy has been described as unusual on Capitol Hill. 

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Klobuchar appeared at two meet-and-greets on Saturday in South Carolina's capital city of Columbia.

Since declaring her candidacy for president on February 10th, Klobuchar has also visited Wisconsin, Iowa, New Hampshire.\

South Carolina's presidential primary is Feb. 29, 2020, one of the earliest in the nation.