Vice President Kamala Harris tried to dodge her position on transgender surgeries Tuesday night, but said the decision ultimately rested with doctors, not the government.
“I think we should follow the law,” Harris began during an interview with NBC’s Hallie Jackson, who asked her to weigh in on her position on the issue.
Jackson interrupted Harris, noting that Trump was “trying to define” her on the issue, spending millions of dollars in ads against her on the issue.
“I’m asking you to define yourself,” Jackson continued.
“I believe that people think, as the law says, even on this issue, on the federal law, that this is a decision that physicians will make in terms of what is medically necessary,” Harris said. “I’m not going to put myself in the position of a doctor.”
Vice President Kamala Harris tried to dodge her position on transgender surgeries Tuesday night, but said the decision ultimately rested with doctors, not the government.
Harris dismissed the question as a “distraction” and then highlighted Trump’s more dramatic proposals for the country.
The Trump campaign has spent millions of dollars advertising against Harris for supporting taxpayer-funded operations for prisoners and even illegal immigrants.
‘Kamala is for they/them; President Trump is for you,” the ads conclude.
The vice president also dodged a similar question from Fox News host Bret Baier when asked whether she still supports taxpayer-funded operations for illegal immigrants.
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theater Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia,
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a moderate conversation
“I will follow the law, a law that Donald Trump actually followed,” Harris responded, calling it a “distraction” from the issues that mattered in the election.
“I think he spent $20 million on those ads to create a sense of fear among voters because he basically has no plan in this election that addresses the needs of the American people,” Harris said in the Fox interview. “Twenty million for an issue that – as it pertains to the biggest issues affecting the American people – is actually quite remote, and again, his policies were no different.”