Kamala Harris said on Thursday (October 31, 2024) that Donald Trump’s comments that he will protect women whether they like it or not shows that the Republican presidential candidate does not understand women’s rights. They should be able to make decisions about their own lives, including their own lives. Dead body.”
“Well, I think it’s insulting to everybody,” Harris said before leaving to campaign in the Western battlegrounds of Arizona and Nevada.
He followed up those comments at his rally in Phoenix: “He doesn’t respect women’s freedom or women’s intelligence to know what is in their own best interests and make decisions accordingly. But we trust women.”
Trump’s comments come as he has struggled to connect with female voters and Harris is pitching women in both parties with a message focused on independence. She is emphasizing that women should be free to make decisions about their bodies and that if Trump is elected, more restrictions will be in place as both campaigns head toward Tuesday’s presidential election.
At a rally Wednesday evening near Green Bay, Wisconsin, Trump told his supporters that aides had urged him to stop using the term protector because it was “inappropriate.”
Then he added a new bit to the protector line. He said he told his colleagues: “Okay, I’m going to do this whether the women like it or not. I’m going to protect them.
Those comments shaped much of Harris’s remarks Thursday as both campaigns jostled over the comments.
Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez introduced Harris at a rally in Las Vegas, which also included a performance by pop band Mana. Lopez spoke about her background as a Puerto Rican and emphasized the importance of women to the Democratic nominee in emotional remarks, which came after a separate rally in Reno.
“I believe in the power of women,” Lopez said. “Women have the power to make change in this election.”
Lopez also fired back at comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally.
“You can’t even pronounce American without Ricken,” he said. “This is our country too.”
Trump appointed three justices to the US Supreme Court who formed the conservative majority that overturned federal abortion rights. As the fallout from the 2022 decision continues to spread, he has begun claiming in public events and social media posts that he will “protect women” and ensure they “don’t even think about abortion.”
Harris linked Trump’s comments to his approach to reproductive rights, but Trump generally talks more about protecting women from criminals, terrorists and foreign adversaries, noting the bleak picture of the country in decline. Has happened.
“I’m going to protect them from immigrants coming in. I’m going to protect them from foreign countries that want to attack us with missiles and a lot of other things,” Trump said during a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Before Trump addressed a rally in Henderson, Nevada, on Thursday night, he responded to a top Harris campaign surrogate’s claim that the former president does not surround himself with strong, intelligent women.
“You’ve never seen Trump around strong, intelligent women,” billionaire businessman Mark Cuban said earlier Thursday as a guest on ABC’s “The View.”
Trump posted on Twitter that Cuban was “very wrong” and criticized him, calling him a “fool” and a “major loser.”
“All strong women, and women in general, should be outraged at this weak man’s comments,” Trump’s post said.
This controversy is indicating further strengthening among the supporters of each candidate.
It was not only women who found Trump’s comments objectionable. At a Harris rally in Phoenix, Addison Kinlichney, 50, said she sees Trump as more of a threat than a savior, noting that the former president has a track record of preying on women.
“I have a wife and a daughter, so I’m not going to let a predator like that come around me,” Kinlichini said.
At a Trump rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sarah Pyle, 41, cited his opposition to allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s competitions to portray Trump as someone who wants to help women.
“I don’t want my girls to grow up in this kind of world,” the Albuquerque mother said, referring to the controversy. “We fought for women’s rights for a long time, and now we are giving them back to men. it makes no sense.”
Trump has given contradictory answers about his position on abortion, at some points saying that women should be punished for getting abortions and demonizing the judges he appoints. During his successful 2016 campaign, he told voters that if elected, he would appoint justices to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and said he was “pro-life”.
But after repeatedly refusing to make such a pledge, in recent weeks he has promised to veto a national abortion ban. He has said that states should regulate care and said that some laws are “too strict.”
Since 2022, a patchwork of state laws on abortion has created unequal medical care. Some women have died. Others have bled to death in emergency room parking lots or become seriously ill from sepsis because doctors in states with strict abortion restrictions send pregnant women away until they are too sick to seek medical care. If necessary. These also include women who never intended to terminate their pregnancies. Both infant and maternal mortality rates have increased.
Harris’s campaign has highlighted Trump’s statements regarding women. In a campaign ad, a woman who became seriously ill with sepsis after a pregnancy complication stood in front of a mirror looking at a large scar on her stomach, just as Trump spoke about women’s safety. Audio of comments plays.
Harris hopes abortion will be a strong motivator for women at the ballot box.
So far in early voting, 1.2 million more women than men have voted in seven battleground states, according to data from analytics firm TargetSmart.
This does not necessarily mean democratic gains. But in the 2020 presidential election, 55% of women supported the Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Harris, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 110,000 voters.
published – November 01, 2024 10:58 am IST