Donald Trump's proposal includes six weeks of paid maternity leave that a campaign aide said would be paid for by eliminating unemployment insurance fraud. | Getty Clinton's camp attacks Trump's maternity leave plan as 'out-of-touch'

Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Tuesday attacked Donald Trump’s proposal to have the federal government pay for six weeks of maternity leave for working mothers, saying it’s a “regressive and insufficient” policy.

“After spending his entire career — and this entire campaign — demeaning women and dismissing the need to support working families, Donald Trump released a regressive and insufficient ‘maternity leave’ policy that is out-of-touch, half-baked and ignores the way Americans live and work today,” Maya Harris, a senior policy adviser for Clinton said.


The Trump campaign earlier on Tuesday previewed the childcare proposal he plans to roll out at a rally in the evening, with his daughter Ivanka Trump by his side.

The proposal includes six weeks of paid maternity leave that a Trump campaign aide said would be paid for by eliminating unemployment insurance fraud.

Harris added in her statement blasting the proposal, “Instead of asking those at the top to pay their fair share, he’s robbing Peter to pay Paul by raising unemployment insurance funds and giving the most to the wealthy while providing far less relief to middle-class and working families.”