Kamala Harris hits back at Republican’s remarks about not having biological children

In an interview on 'Call Her Daddy' podcast, Harris addressed the comments, 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.”

By: Express Web Desk

Updated: October 7, 2024 10:55 PM IST

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Harris, a stepmother to her husband Doug Emhoff’s two children, Cole and Ella, defended her role as a mother figure. (File Photo)

Vice President Kamala Harris has responded to remarks made by Republican Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who criticised the vice-president for not having children. Sanders suggested that Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, “doesn’t have anything keeping her humble” because she isn’t a mother.

In an interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast with host Alex Cooper, Harris addressed the comments, 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.”

At a rally in September, Sanders had claimed her “kids keep me humble” and implied that Harris lacked this grounding influence.

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Harris, a stepmother to her husband Doug Emhoff’s two children, Cole and Ella, defended her role as a mother figure. “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 in the taped interview released on Sunday.

Responding to Harris’s comments, Sanders later clarified, claiming she “would never criticize a woman for not having children” but added that Harris had confirmed through her own statements that “she doesn’t believe our leaders should be humble.”

This exchange follows a long-standing criticism of Harris’s family life, notably including past comments by Republican Senator JD Vance, who referred to childless women in politics as “miserable at their own lives.” Harris called these remarks “mean and mean-spirited.”

The podcast marks one of Harris’s first major media appearances since securing the Democratic nomination, as she begins ramping up interviews ahead of the election.

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