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Kamala Harris laughs and says 'I'm clearly a woman' when asked if sexism will decide the election By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent For Dailymail.Com In Washington, D.C.
Published: 19:39 EDT, 22 October 2024 | Updated: 19:39 EDT, 22 October 2024 e-mail View comments Vice President Kamala Harris was asked by NBC's Hallie Jackson why she doesn't lean in more to the history-making nature of her candidacy. Jackson sat down with Harris, who's off the campaign trail today, for an interview that aired Tuesday evening. Harris would be the country's first female president and the first female president of color.
'Well, I'm clearly a woman. I don't need to point that out to anyone,' the vice president answered laughing. 'The point that most people really care about is can you do the job? And do you have a plan to actually focus on them?' the Democratic nominee added.
Vice President Kamala Harris was asked by NBC's Hallie Jackson why she doesn't lean in more to the history-making nature of her candidacy. 'Well, I'm clearly a woman. I don't need to point that out to anyone,' the vice president answered laughing Jackson pointed out that Harris is polling worse with men than her Democratic predecessor, President Joe Biden, and asked if sexism was at play.
'Let me just tell you something. You've come to my events. And you will see there are men and women at those events, whether it be small events or events with 10,000 people,' Harris said.
'So the experience that I am having is one in which it is clear that regardless of someone's gender, they want to know that their president has a plan to lower costs, that their president has a plan to secure America in the context of our position around the world. They want a president of the United States who honors our military, who understands the importance of America's leadership around international rules and norms, and that is regardless of gender,' she continued. Jackson then asked if Harris saw 'sexism as a factor in this race at all.
' 'I don't think of it that way,' Harris answered. 'My challenge is the challenge of making sure I can talk with and listen to as many voters as possible and earn their vote,' she said. 'And I will never assume that anyone in our country should elect a leader based on their gender or their race.
' NBC's Hallie Jackson (left) pointed out that Vice President Kamala Harris (right) is polling worse with men than her Democratic predecessor, President Joe Biden, and asked if sexism was at play. She said leaders needs to earn votes 'based on substance and what they will do to address challenges and to inspire people to know that their aspirations and their ambitions can and will be achieved through the opportunnity to do that.' Former President Donald Trump already won one presidential race against a female candidate, former first lady, U.
S. senator and secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who was the country's first woman to become a major party's presidential nominee. Eight years later, Harris is trying to break the glass ceiling again.
She could do so with more women than ever. In 2020, President Joe Biden set a record nationally by winning women 57 percent to Trump's 42 percent - a 15-point gap. 'This will be the third straight presidential cycle where the gender gap approaches 25 points, and it could be even more than that this time,' Republican pollster Robert Blizzard told Politico for a recent story about the gender gap.
'Each candidate and each campaign is now growing ever-more reliant on their gender, if you will, to get them across the finish line.' Kamala Harris Joe Biden Share or comment on this article: Kamala Harris laughs and says 'I'm clearly a woman' when asked if sexism will decide the election e-mail Add comment.
