Kamala Harris was once again forced to defend the fact that she has no biological children during her interview on the often raunchy, female-oriented podcast Call Her Daddy.
Speaking to host Alex Cooper, Harris hit back at Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who said the vice president has nothing to keep her “humble” because she doesn’t have children of her own.
“This isn’t the 1950s anymore,” said Harris, who has two stepchildren through husband Doug Emhoff. ‘Families come in all shapes and sizes.’
“I don’t think she understands that there are a lot of women here who don’t strive to be humble,” Harris added. “Two, a lot of women here who have a lot of love in their lives, family in their lives and children in their lives.”
Harris, 59, has faced a slew of criticism from conservatives and advocates of “traditional families” and was at the center of controversy over the “childless cat lady” comments made years ago by Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance were made.
Vice President Kamala Harris again defended herself for not having biological children during a podcast interview on Call Her Daddy
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The vice president’s family has defended her, with even Second Gentleman Emhoff’s ex-wife claiming Harris has been committed to raising her two children Ella, 25, and Cole, 30.
And even Trump’s 2024 senior adviser Bryan Lanza expressed outrage over Sanders’ “offensive” comments.
‘I’m disappointed in Sarah for saying that. I’m sure I’m going to get criticism from the campaign,” he told CNN the morning after the comments were made.
Cooper asked Harris on Sunday’s podcast episode about Governor Sanders’ attack, which took place on stage before a town hall with former President Donald Trump.
“I think it’s really important for women to lift each other up,” Harris said, speaking warmly about her blended, “modern family.”
Sanders, who served as one of Trump’s White House press secretaries, said at her event in the swing state of Michigan last month: “The most important job I have; the best title I have is that of being a mother.’
“My children serve as a permanent reminder of all that is at stake in the country,” said the mother of three.
“Not only do my children serve as a constant reminder of what is important, they also keep me humble,” Sanders continued. “My children keep me humble.”
“Unfortunately, Kamala Harris has nothing to keep her humble,” she concluded.
Call Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper asked Harris about the attacks, particularly from Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who slammed the vice president for not having children of her own
Harris has no children, but is a stepmother to husband Doug Emhoff’s two children from his first marriage: Cole, 30, (left) and Ella, 25 (right)
Harris’ childlessness has become the focus of discussion in the 2024 presidential race after she took over from President Joe Biden on July 21.
Senator Vance’s years-old comments from an interview with Tucker Carlson have been weaponized by Democrats who insist it is proof that the Republican Party does not want women not to have children.
Even pop icon Taylor Swift waded into political waters last month when she endorsed Harris and signed her statement on Instagram as a “childless cat lady.”
In a 2021 Fox News interview, Vance said the country is run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable about their own lives and the choices they’ve made and therefore want to make the rest of the country miserable.” , at.’
Harris called those comments “mean and mean-spirited” in her interview with Cooper.
Call Her Daddy is the most listened to and downloaded podcast by women. The genre is described as covering the topics of “human sexuality, sexual relationships, interviews, and New York City culture.”
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said before a town hall with Donald Trump in Michigan last month that she was kept “humbled” by her three children and said Harris has nothing to “keep her humble.”