{"id":219016,"date":"2020-02-26T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T20:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=219016"},"modified":"2020-02-26T20:33:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T02:33:32","slug":"hallie-jackson-democratic-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/hallie-jackson-democratic-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Hallie Jackson called ‘warrior’ for moderating Democratic debate while 8 months pregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week, the Democratic presidential candidates<\/a> met in Las Vegas for a debate — but it’s one of the moderators who is getting the attention now. Hallie Jackson, NBC\u2019s Chief White House Correspondent, moderated the debate while eight months pregnant, alongside Vanessa Hauc.<\/p>\n

Before the debate, both Jackson and Hauc were interviewed by InStyle Magazine<\/a>, and Jackson specifically spoke about juggling motherhood with her career. She explained that it helps to work alongside women who are also both mothers and journalists and that her priorities had to change once she was pregnant.<\/p>\n

“I was extremely fatigued in my first trimester, which I chalked up to usual overwork, until my partner Frank reminded me I’m growing a baby,” Jackson, who is having a little girl, told InStyle. “I’ve also been very conscious of taking care of myself as much as possible by eating healthy, working out, and resting when I need to. None of those things would have ever taken precedence over work for me before my pregnancy, for better or for worse, so for me it’s been an unexpected shift in my priorities.”<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Pregnant Olympians prove motherhood doesn\u2019t have to mean ending a career<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

She again called attention to her pregnancy before the debate, tweeting<\/a>, “Yep, I\u2019ll be walking my 8-and-a-half-month pregnant self on stage tonight for the Democratic debate.” Unsurprisingly, Jackson’s ground-breaking moment was incredibly inspirational for many people, calling her a “warrior<\/a>,” and a “bad***<\/a>.” In an interview with Yahoo Lifestyle<\/a>, Dr. Sherry A. Ross sang Jackson’s praises.<\/p>\n

\u201cHallie Jackson could be the poster child for what a committed working woman looks like by not letting pregnancy come between her profession and pending motherhood,\u201d she said. But it was a series of responses from some fans which truly illustrated why<\/em> this was such a major moment.<\/p>\n

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This is so wonderful! my mother was a local tv reporter back in the 1960s and as soon as she got pregnant with my sister she was fired. So I have especially loved seeing all of the pregnant women on MSNBC and CNBC. Things are finally changing.<\/p>\n

— Kelly Smith\/#NoNRA (@aitchee) February 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n