‘Not The 1950s Anymore’: Harris Rejects Rebuke Over Not Having Biological Children On 'Call Her Daddy' Podcast

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris said she feels sorry for Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who hinted recently that the US vice president doesn’t have anything to keep her humble because she doesn’t have biological children.

US vice president’s response came after GOP leader Sanders made controversial remarks during last month’s town hall with ex-US President Donald Trump. “I feel sorry for her, and I’m going to tell you why,” Harris said on an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast released Sunday.

‘Love those kids to death’

“Because I don’t think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who one, are not aspiring to be humble. Two, 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 very important for women to lift each other up,” she was quoted as saying by CNN.

Harris has two stepchildren through her decade-long marriage to Doug Emhoff. The US vice president detailed during the interview her “very modern family” and her relationship with her “two beautiful children.” “I love those kids to death. Family comes in many forms, and I think that increasingly, all of us understand that this is not the 1950s anymore,” Harris said.

“Call Her Daddy”

In the podcast released on Sunday, Harris opened a media blitz by the Democratic ticket by appearing on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast about abortion, sexual abuse and other issues that resonate with women, working in some digs at her GOP opponent along the way. In an interview that lasted less than an hour, Harris spoke about the grit it takes to be a woman seeking public office, the toughness her mother instilled in her and the importance of reproductive rights in this election.

The programme is the most-listened-to podcast for women and it has millions of fans tuning in for talk about relationships, sex, mental health and women’s empowerment. The discussion with Harris was on the tame side for the show, with the vice president keeping her message focused, in part, on the value of ignoring people who have doubted her.

‘I urge all the ‘Daddy Gang’

“I don’t hear no. I urge all the ‘Daddy Gang,’ don’t hear no, just don’t hear it,” she said. “I think it’s really important not to let other people define you.” The interview was part of a broader media outreach effort by Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as the Democrats seek to boost their support in the final 30 days of the campaign against Trump and JD Vance. Harris has been criticized for not doing more media interviews.

During the podcast, the Democratic nominee largely stuck to her usual messaging on abortion and said that in her travels she’s seen that even people who have strong opposition to abortion tell her they “are now seeing what’s happening and saying ‘Hmm, I didn’t intend for all this to happen’ ” when they see the health problems arising since Roe v. Wade was repealed.

Harris dinged Trump as she has in recent speeches, leaning in on his integrity and saying “this guy is full of lies” when he talks about abortion and other issues. She dismissed Vance’s comments about “childless cat ladies” as “mean, and mean-spirited.” Trump has continued to stress that abortion policy should be left to the states and that doctors have a duty to provide emergency care to women whose lives are in danger.

(With agency inputs)