Harris responds to GOP critics over not having biological children: "This is not the 1950s anymore"
CBSOCT 2024
Harris Talks Family, Abortion on 'Call Her Daddy'
Above: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Charlotte, NC on Oct. 5, 2024. Image copyright: Mario Tama/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Democratic narrative
Young women are going to be a crucial constituency in the upcoming election, so it was wise of Harris to appear on a podcast that has millions of listeners, many of whom are female. It's important to get out the word that Trump and Republicans are against protecting women or their rights to bodily autonomy, and this was the perfect venue to do so.
Republican narrative
Once again Harris has proven she rallies around one issue, reproductive rights, but isn't equipped for the multi-faceted job of president. While she was recording an interview on a woke podcast in an attempt to woo young women, people in the US South were dealing with the consequences of an inadequate response by the Biden-Harris administration to hurricane destruction.