Kamala Harris hits back at ‘childless’ attacks on Call Her Daddy video podcast

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Kamala Harris responded to the latest iteration of JD Vance’s now-notorious comment calling the vice president a “childless cat lady.” Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said last month that “my kids keep me humble” and that “unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble.” The vice president responded to the Republican governor’s statement on the latest episode of Call Her Daddy, a mega-popular sex-positive podcast that Spotify calls the “most-listened-to podcast by women.” “I feel sorry for,” Harris told podcast host Alex Cooper. In August, Harris’ step-daughter Ella Emhoff posted in response to Vance’s remark: “How can you be ‘childless’ when you have cutie pie kids like Cole and I? I love my three parents.” Kamala Harris and Alex Cooper, host of the podcast ‘Call Her Daddy’ The Democratic presidential nominee emphasized on the podcast that there is more than one composition of a family. Families come in all shapes or forms and they are family nonetheless.” Cooper also asked Harris to respond to the Republican vice presidential nominee’s original comment that the “entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children.” “And how does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?” Vance said at the time.