CNN's Tapper live fact-checks Harris on Trump's quote on protecting women: 'Just quote him accurately'

CNN’s Jake Tapper gave a unrecorded fact-check of Vice President Kamala Harris aft she claimed erstwhile President Trump said helium would "do what helium wants" whether "the women similar it oregon not." 

At a rally successful Phoenix, Arizona connected Thursday, Harris asserted Trump volition bash what helium wants regarding termination restrictions and policing women’s bodies.

"Now successful America, 1 successful 3 women lives successful a authorities with a Trump termination ban, galore with nary exceptions, adjacent for rape and incest, which is immoral. And Donald Trump’s not done. Did everyone perceive what helium conscionable said yesterday? That helium volition bash what helium wants, quote, and here‘s wherever I‘m going to punctuation ‘whether the women similar it oregon not,’" Harris said. 

Jake Tapper fact-checked Vice President Kamala Harris during his amusement Thursday. (CNN screenshot)

She continued, "We indispensable ballot due to the fact that this is the thing. You know, there‘s a saying that you got to perceive to radical erstwhile they archer you who you are, and this is not the archetypal clip helium has told america who helium is. He does not judge women should person the bureau and authorization to marque decisions astir their ain bodies."

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Trump’s comments were astir however helium would "protect women" from amerciable immigrants fto successful by Harris’ borderline policies.

"Kamala has imported transgression migrants from prisons and jails, from insane asylums and intelligence institutions each implicit the satellite from Venezuela to the Congo, including savage criminals who assault, rape, and execution our women and girls. Anyone who would fto monsters kidnap and termination our children does not beryllium anyplace adjacent the Oval Office," Trump said astatine a rally.

Trump added, "I'm gonna bash it whether the women similar it oregon not. I'm gonna support them."

After playing the clip from Harris’ rally, Tapper corrected the vice president, adding she near retired context.

Former US President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump speaks during a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, October 27, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

"When Trump said helium was going to bash thing for women, whether they similar it oregon not, whether the women similar it oregon not, helium was talking astir protecting women, protecting women whether they similar it oregon not. Certainly, you tin instrumentality contented with the language, but helium wasn‘t saying helium was conscionable going to bash immoderate helium wanted, regardless," Tapper said.

After his sheet connected "The Lead" snickered astatine his fact-check, Tapper followed, "I mean, but you instrumentality my point. He’s saying I‘m gonna support them, whether that women privation maine to support them."

Democratic strategist Karen Finney remarked, "Some would accidental that’s misogynistic—" 

"It‘s not arsenic she presented it," Tapper said.

"Look, ultimately, I deliberation we person to beryllium cautious successful these past days. We did this successful 2016," Finney said. "He’s going to accidental thing horrible, ridiculous—"

"So conscionable punctuation it accurately." Tapper interrupted.

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"That‘s not my point," Finney continued. "I conscionable don‘t deliberation we request to accidental each update due to the fact that the constituent is what she wherever she wanted to, which is we cognize who this feline is. This is not idiosyncratic who respects women. That being said, sorry, I deliberation the Puerto Rico advertisement oregon General Kelly‘s comments are successful a antithetic category."

Democratic statesmanlike nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a run rally connected October 28, 2024, successful Ann Arbor, Michigan.  (Brandon Bell/Getty Images))

Harris made the aforesaid inaccurate interpretation of Trump’s statements successful a station connected X.

"Donald Trump thinks helium should get to marque decisions astir what you bash with your body. Whether you similar it oregon not," Harris wrote portion sharing a clip of Trump’s speech.

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