Kamala Harris Uses Call Her Daddy to Remind Listeners: 'It's Not the 1950s Anymore'

Vice President Kamala Harris hasn't given many in-depth interviews during her presidential campaign, but during an appearance at the Call her dad On her podcast, she discussed reproductive rights and dismissed criticism of not having biological children.

In response to shocks from JD Vance about “childless cat ladies” or the governor of Arkansas. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Criticizing Harris for not having biological children to “keep her humble,” Harris has something to say say about it.

“I don't think she understands that there are a lot of women out here who don't strive to be modest,” she said in the episode released Sunday. “Secondly, there are a lot of women out here who have a lot of love in their life, a family in their life and children in their life. And I think it’s really important for women to encourage each other.”

“We have our family by blood and then we have our family by love. And I have both,” she said, referring to stepchildren Cole And EllaHusband Doug Emhoff's children from his previous marriage. “We have a very modern family. My husband’s ex-wife is a friend of mine.”

“Family comes in many forms and I think we are all increasingly realizing that this is no longer the 1950s. Families come in all shapes and forms and they are still a family.”

Before the interview began, moderator Alex Cooper said she wrestled with whether to host a presidential candidate on the podcast, which averages about 5 million listeners a week. She also said she invited a Republican candidate Donald Trump to appear on the show and say: “If he would also like to have a detailed conversation about women’s rights in this country, then he is very welcome.” Call her dad at any time.”

“At the end of the day, I couldn’t imagine a world where this election was all about women and I wasn’t a part of it,” Cooper, 30, said of Harris appearing on the show.

And Harris, for her part, made clear the importance of reproductive rights and safe abortions, reminded the world that she was the first sitting vice president or president to ever visit a reproductive health clinic, and left some in response to the criticism she had received sharp remarks were made She characterized her opposition as “simply mean and vicious”.

“There are so many forces working in very different ways that just try to make people feel small and alone,” she said.

Cooper's platform is important in reaching younger women voters, who make up the majority Call her dad's audience. As Cooper said, “I'm probably not the one leading the fracking conversation, but the conversation I'm qualified to have is about women's bodies and how we are treated and valued in this country.”

In an interview in 2023 with Vanity FairCooper described herself as “almost just a vessel to ask questions on behalf of her listeners.”

“You can look at my career to see what I care about,” Harris said. “I am passionate about ensuring that people are entitled to and receive the freedoms to which they are entitled. I am passionate about lifting people up and ensuring they are protected from harm. It’s important to me to harness the ambitions and aspirations of people who know we are capable of so much.”

She described reproductive freedom as an extension of the “fundamental right that every individual, regardless of gender, has to make decisions about their own bodies and not to have the government tell them what to do, or even to vote.”

“I know there is a real feeling: What does it matter? “Does my voice matter?” she said. “But a big part of my effort to hopefully convince people that they should vote is based on the fact that you should never let anyone take your power away. And voting is one of the ways you use your vote to determine who your government will be and what your future will be with your government.”

Harris' tour of non-traditional media outlets continues next week with scheduled stops at The view, The Late Show with Stephen Colbertand an interview with Howard Stern on their public record.