Official records contradict Warren story about being fired for pregnancy

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County records from Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s time as a teacher in New Jersey contradict the Massachusetts Democrat’s claim that she was fired from her teaching job for being “visibly pregnant.”

The Riverdale Board of Education, where she alleges she was fired after her first year, granted Warren a second-year teaching contract by a unanimous vote, according to records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Minutes from a June 16, 1971, meeting, several months after the first meeting, show that Warren resigned from her position. The resignation was “accepted with regret.”

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