Kamala Harris, on popular podcast, rejects Republican’s ‘childless’ dig
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On a podcast, Ms Kamala Harris spoke about her own “modern family”, which includes her husband Doug Emhoff and his two children from his first marriage.
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris on Oct 6 rejected Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ suggestion that the Democratic presidential candidate is not humble because she does not have biological children.
Ms Harris said the Arkansas Governor’s views on family are outdated and discussed her own “modern family”, which includes her husband, Mr Doug Emhoff, and his two children from his first marriage, Cole and Ella.
During a town hall Ms Sanders moderated for Republican Donald Trump in Michigan in September, Ms Sanders said that her children keep her “humble”, while Ms Harris “doesn’t have anything keeping her humble”.
Ms Harris responded to Ms Sanders on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast, saying: “I don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble.
“Two, (there are) a whole lot of women out here who have a lot of love in their life, family in their life, and children in their life.
“And I think it’s really important for women to lift each other up.”
Ms Harris also said family comes in many forms.
“We have our family by blood, and then we have our family by love, and I have both, and I consider it to be a real blessing,” she said. “And I have two beautiful children, Cole and Ella, who call me Momala. We have a very modern family. My husband’s ex-wife is a friend of mine.”
The Vice-President also responded to Trump’s running mate, Mr J.D. Vance, who previously complained he did not want the country run by “childless cat ladies”.
“I just think it’s mean and mean-spirited,” Ms Harris said.
The Governor’s office and the Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Ms Harris joined the podcast, hosted by Mr Alex Cooper, for a discussion on reproductive rights.
The appearance was part of a broader media outreach effort by Ms Harris as she sought to boost her support in the final 30 days of the campaign against Trump.
The Vice-President’s campaign, which has come under criticism over the amount of media interviews that she has done so far, said she will appear on CBS’ 60 Minutes, ABC’s The View, CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and The Howard Stern Show this week. REUTERS
