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Kamala Harris told Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a town hall with former President Donald Trump last month that the vice president has nothing to stay humble because she doesn’t have any biological children. He said he was “regrettable” for suggesting that there was no such thing. .
“I feel bad for her, and I’m going to tell you why,” Harris said on Sunday’s episode of the podcast “Call Her Daddy.” “Because I don’t think she understands that there are a lot of women out there who don’t want to be modest. Two, there are a lot of women here who have a lot of love in their lives.” , I think it’s very important for women to lift each other up because they have families in their lives and children in their lives.
Harris told podcast host Alex Cooper in response to Republicans criticizing her for not having any biological children. And I have both. And I think that’s really a blessing. ”
The Democratic presidential candidate has two stepchildren, Cole Emhoff and Ella Emhoff, from her 10-year marriage to second generation gentleman Doug Emhoff. In an interview recorded on Tuesday, she detailed her “very modern family” and relationship with her “two beautiful children,” whom she calls “Momala.” .
“I love those kids to death. Families come in many forms, but I think we’re all realizing more and more that this is not the 1950s anymore,” Harris said. he said.
Sanders, the Republican governor of Arkansas, said last month that his three children are “a forever reminder of all that is at stake in this country” and that “they humble me. “I’m grateful for that,” he said. Unfortunately, Kamala Harris has nothing to stay humble. ”
Former Trump press secretary’s claim that children serve as a reminder of what’s important in elections hints that the vice president has no biological children, and Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance It reminded me of comments the senator has made repeatedly. The Ohio Republican has come under fire for past comments that the United States is run by “childless cat ladies who are miserable with their lives and the choices they make.”
Harris’ appearances on the Call Her Daddy podcast have earned her a reputation for candid conversations about sex and relationships, but her campaign has prioritized booking interviews with local media and more unconventional forums. It was held in the middle of the day. This strategy drew both criticism for avoiding challenging interviews and praise as a smart messaging technique.
Harris will appear this week on “The View,” “The Howard Stern Show,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Univision’s Town Hall and CBS’ “60 Minutes.” As scheduled, this interview started a media frenzy. ”
As the Harris campaign seeks to put reproductive rights at the center of its platform, the vice president used her appearance on “Call Her Daddy,” which Spotify touts as “the most listened to podcast for women,” to , attacked his opponent. An issue on which she had previously had the upper hand.
In the interview, she criticized President Trump for portraying himself as a “protector” at a rally last month and claiming that American women would not “think about abortion” if Trump were elected.
“So when he was president, he hand-picked three members of the U.S. Supreme Court with the intention of revoking the protections of Roe v. Wade, and they did exactly what he intended,” Harris said. I told Mr.
Harris added: “This is the same man who said women should be punished for having abortions. Is this the same man who uses the same language to describe women? ?”
During a visit to a family planning clinic in Minnesota in March, Cooper said she was surprised when Harris told her that she was the first sitting U.S. president or vice president to visit a reproductive health center.
Harris also debunked the former president’s false statements accusing Democrats of wanting to condone the execution of infants after birth, calling the idea a “brazen lie” and an “insult.”
“That’s not happening anywhere in the United States,” Harris said, adding, “Can you imagine, he’s suggesting that a woman nine months pregnant is choosing to have an abortion?”
Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance maintain that such abortions are allowed in Democratic states, but no state has passed a law allowing the execution of infants after birth, and no state has passed a law allowing the execution of infants after birth. Killing is illegal in every state.
CNN’s Arit John, Eva McKend, Brian Stelter and Daniel Dale contributed to this report.
