Kamala Harris Rejects Trump’s Claims That He’s a ‘Protector’ of Women

Kamala Harris rejected Donald Trump’s recent claims where he told women, “You will be protected, and I will be your protector,” which he said while campaigning in Pennsylvania last month. “This is the same guy who said that women should be punished for having abortions,” Harris said as a guest on the popular Call Her Daddy podcast hosted by Alex Cooper, which was released on Sunday.

Cooper quoted the former president’s remarks and asked Harris, who is running neck-and-neck against Trump in the presidential race, “What do you make of that?”

Harris didn’t hesitate to quickly and succinctly break it all down. “So, he who when he was president, hand selected three members of the United States Supreme Court with the intention that they would undo the protections of Roe v Wade, and they did just as he intended,” she began, addressing the question.

“And there are now 20 states with Trump abortion bans, including bans that make no exception for rape or incest, which we just discussed, which means that you’re telling a survivor of a crime, of a violation to their body, they don’t have a right to make a decision about what happens to their body next, which is immoral,” she added.

“So, this is the same guy that is now saying that. This is the same guy who said that 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,” she concluded.

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Cooper said during her intro before her 40-minute conversation with Harris that she “went back and forth” on whether or not to address politics or interview politicians at all for her podcast, but she said she felt “the conversation I know I’m qualified to have is the one surrounding women’s bodies and how we are treated and valued in this country.”

Cooper also said that her team reached out to Trump to be interviewed on her show. “If he also wants to have a meaningful, in-depth conversation of women’s rights in this country, then he is welcome on Call Her Daddy anytime,” she said.