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Vice President Kamala Harris hit back at Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ recent comment that Harris “doesn’t have anything keeping her humble” because she doesn’t have children.
During an interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Harris addressed the remark and defended women without biological children, challenging Sanders’ narrow view of family and humility.
“I don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who, one, are not aspiring to be humble,” Harris told podcast host Alex Cooper. “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.”
Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, emphasized that her role as a stepmother to her husband Doug Emhoff’s children, Cole and Ella, defines her family just as much as if they were her biological children. “They are my children. And I love those kids to death, and family comes in many forms,” she added. “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.”
Sanders, a former Trump White House press secretary, recently told a town hall audience that her children “keep [her] humble,” insinuating that Harris lacked such a grounding influence. Sanders’ spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment.
Harris also responded to a similar critique from Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Trump’s running mate, who in 2021 made derogatory comments about women without children, referring to Democrats as “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives.” Harris called these remarks “mean and mean-spirited,” highlighting the cruelty of such rhetoric. “I think most Americans want leaders who understand that the measure of their strength isn’t who you beat down. The real measure of strength of a leader is who you lift up,” she said.
Harris further criticized Donald Trump for his comments at a rally where he promised to “protect” women under a future Trump administration, adding that women would be “happy, healthy, confident, and free.” Harris reminded listeners of Trump’s role in the appointment of three Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, paving the way for stringent abortion bans in multiple states.
“They did just as he intended,” Harris remarked. “There are now 20 states with Trump abortion bans, including bans that make no exceptions for rape or incest.”
She also noted Trump’s contradictory statements about protecting women. “This is the same guy who said women should be punished for having abortions? This is the same guy who uses the kind of language he does to describe women? So yeah, there you go.”
With Election Day approaching, Harris’ comments are part of a broader effort to push back against the Republican rhetoric targeting women’s rights, family structures, and personal choices. Both Sanders and Vance have publicly aligned with traditional, often restrictive, views on gender roles, which Harris has continuously challenged in her campaign for the presidency.
As the campaign intensifies, Harris’ direct responses to such criticisms underscore her commitment to defending women’s rights and redefining leadership for women with diverse life experiences.
