Two weeks after being fired, Small's pregnancy ended with a stillbirth.
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Jezebel's reporting adds the wrinkle of Cuellar's attempted coverup, in the form of asking his staff to give him after-the-fact performance reviews justifying Small's firing, but the lawsuit against Cuellar was reported on at the time. Cuellar settled the lawsuit after a judge found that Small's case raised "legitimate questions" and could proceed to a jury trial, but we don't know anything about that settlement because it imposed a gag order on Small and because, more broadly, our governing class is made up of extremely terrible people and making sure you don't hear details about the terribleness remains, as extremely icky Rep. Madison Cawthorn found out when he publicly claimed his fellow House Republicans were inviting him to drug orgies, one of the nation's top priorities.
But the short version is that Henry Cuellar remains a nasty piece of work, for a supposed Democrat, and that women continue to face rampant discrimination in the workplace for having the audacity to bear children, which Cuellar himself insists they must do while not inconveniencing him, personally.
If you're in Cuellar's district, vote. The Democratic primary runoff is on May 24. Please, please rid us of this congressional boil.
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