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Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday granted a rare one-on-one interview with CNN’s Dana Bash after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
The first clips of the interview aired on “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” where Harris largely condemned the Supreme Court’s decision since Friday.
“The court actually took a constitutional right that has been recognized for half a century and took it from the women of America. That’s shocking. When you think about it, in terms of what that means, in terms of democratic principles , in terms of the ideals we relied on, about freedom, about freedom, ”Harris said.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with members of the press before boarding Air Force Two at Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Saturday, May 28, 2022 in Buffalo, New York (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky)
She added that she thought of this decision “as a father” and also as a woman.
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“You know, I thought of it as a father. We have two sons who are in their twenties, a son and a daughter. I thought of it as a teenage godfather. I thought of it as an aunt of preschool children. . ”Harris said.
“And a woman yourself,” Bash added.
“And a woman myself, and a woman’s daughter, and a woman’s granddaughter,” Harris commented.
This comment was outright mocked on social media in contrast to the previous progressive confusion about what a woman is.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris talks about reproductive rights as she virtually meets with abortion providers at the White House South Auditorium in Washington, DC on May 19, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) ( Photo of MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)
“I’m pretty sure she’s not a biologist,” Media Research Center associate editor Nick Fondacaro tweeted, referring to previous comment by Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson.
The director of the Independent Women’s Network, Julie Gunlok, joked, “Oh … so NOW everyone knows what a woman is. I understand.”
Townhall.com managing editor Spencer Brown noted in the same way: “Kamala Harris is qualifying her opinion on Dobbs’ result by explaining that she is a woman, her mother a woman and her grandmother a woman.” .
Later in the interview, Harris stated that “everyone,” including men, has “something at risk” with the decision.
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“When we think about it, everyone has something at risk in this. First, if you are a parent, think about what that means for your child’s life and what it will mean in terms of the choices he will have,” he said. Harris.
Twitter users also attacked this comment as “dirty” and disrespectful.
Vice President Kamala Harris greets as she leaves after speaking at the Tribal Nations Summit in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 in Washington. (Photo by AP / Patrick Semansky)
“You mean maybe they should take responsibility as parents instead of paying for an abortion or forcing their child’s mother to do one?” Asked National Review writer Alexandra DeSanctis Marr.
Hillsdale radio presenter Scot Bertram tweeted, “This is more than dirty. With a nod and a smile, the vice president asks you to think about what it means to your child’s life if he doesn’t have the opportunity to convince your mother’s mother to kill him in utero.Yes, let’s think about it, right?
College Fix editorial assistant Christopher White wrote, “Eww. It’s not a good way to frame this problem.”
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Harris was previously attacked by liberal social media users over the weekend for her tweet photo reacting to the Roe v. Decision. Wade.
Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.