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Harris Talks Family, Abortion on 'Call Her Daddy'

Harris RespondsTalks toFamily, GOPAbortion Critics on Childlessness'Call ClaimsHer Daddy'

Above: VP Kamala Harris speaks in Charlotte, NC on Oct. 5, 2024. Image copyright: Mario Tama/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Facts

  • Vice President Kamala Harris addressed recent comments made by Republican politicians regarding her not having biological children during an interview on the popular podcast "Call Her Daddy".US VP Kamala Harris in an interview on the podcast "Call Her Daddy" addressed recent comments made by Republican politicians, including Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, regarding the Democratic presidential nominee not having biological children.

  • Harris expressed sympathy for Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who suggested that Harris lacks humility due to not having children, stating that many women have love, family, and children in their lives without aspiring to be humble.Harris told host Alex Cooper she feels "sorry for" Sanders, who said the VP doesn't have anyone to keep her humble because she doesn't have biological children. Harris said she doesn't think Sanders understands that a lot of women "are not aspiring to be humble" and many women "have a lot of love in their life, family in their life, and children in their life" without biological children.


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