Harris, Trump turn to podcasts, radio and TV for campaigns
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized the importance of reproductive rights as a central topic in her bid for the White House in an interview released Sunday by a widely-publicized podcast aimed at young women.
Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper devotes his 40-minute interview to issues that affect women, such as domestic violence and abortion.
At the same time, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump Trump joins Hugh Hewitt radio show Monday, a conservative talk show with about 7.5 million weekly listeners.
Trump’s interview was mainly about the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7. The attack killed 1,200 people in Israel, including 46 U.S. citizens, and took hundreds of people hostage.
On Call Her Dad, Cooper noted before the interview that there are no politicians on her show because it doesn’t focus on politics, but “at the end of the day, I don’t see a world where one person is a major factor in this election.” The topic was women and I was not part of it.
“I knew the conversations I was qualified to have were conversations around women’s bodies and how we are treated and valued in this country,” Cooper said.
She added that her team contacted Trump and invited him to appear on the show. “If he, too, wants to have a meaningful, in-depth conversation about women’s rights in this country, he’s always welcome to be on ‘Call Her Daddy,'” she said.
The podcast is the second most listened to podcast on Spotify, with an average of 5 million weekly listeners. The demographic is about 90% female, with a large portion of Generation Z and Millennials — a key voting bloc for Harris with less than a month until the Nov. 5 election.
The podcast is part of Harris’ media marathon this week. She will appear on “60 Minutes” for an interview later Monday. On Tuesday, she is scheduled to appear on daytime shows “The View,” “The Howard Stern Show” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in New York.
victim of sexual assault
Harris spoke on the podcast about several stories she told on the campaign trail, such as how a high school friend ended up living with her and her family because she was sexually assaulted at home.
“I decided at a very young age that I wanted to work in the defense of vulnerable people,” Harris said.
She added that it’s important to remove the stigma surrounding sexual assault survivors.
“The more we allow anything to exist in the shadows, the more likely people are to suffer in silence,” Harris said. “The more we talk about it, the more we address it and deal with it, the better equipped we are to deal with it. It, both in terms of schools and in terms of society in general, right, rather than stigmatizing it. ”
Cooper asked Harris how America could make women safer.
Harris spoke about domestic violence and the difficulties women can find themselves in if they have children and are financially dependent on their abuser.
“Most women will endure any personal, physical pain to make sure their children have a roof over their heads or food to eat,” she said. “We know that one way to improve women’s ability to choose is to improve women’s ability to achieve economic health and well-being.”
Cooper asked Harris about the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade two years ago and Amber Thurman Recent StoriesA Georgia woman has died after she was unable to have an abortion due to complications from taking the abortion pill.
Harris said states that pass abortion bans would argue there are exceptions “if the mother’s life is at risk,” but he said that’s not a realistic policy in practice.
“You know what that actually means, she’s dying before you decide to care for her. So we’re going to have a public health policy that says doctors, medical professionals will wait until you’re close to death before they can provide care to you,” Harris said. “Where’s the humanity?”
Trump criticizes protesters
In addition to his appearance with Hugh Hewitt, Trump plans to speak with Jewish leaders in Miami later Monday.
During the Hewitt interview, Trump lashed out at pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and argued that institutions should do more to quell student protests.
“There are other Jewish students who are scared,” Trump said. “Yes, it is true, and they should be scared. I never thought I would see campus riots in my life and what they said and did. They have to put it down as soon as possible.
Hewitt asked Trump if he could turn war-torn Gaza into a place like Monaco, given his background as a real estate developer. The Principality of Monaco is an independent, wealthy microstate off the coast of France that attracts well-heeled tourists.
“This is probably better than Monaco. It has the best location in the Middle East, the best water, the best everything,” Trump said, pointing to the Mediterranean Sea that borders the Gaza Strip. “You know, as a developer, it’s probably the most beautiful place — the weather, the water, everything, the climate.”
The war has triggered massive protests in the United States and more than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza, but researchers Estimates of the death toll are as high as 186,000.
Hewitt asked Trump about Harris’ housing policy, which if approved by Congress would provide first-time homebuyers with up to $25,000 in down payments. Both candidates have made housing a top issue.
Trump said he opposed the plan and advocated for the private sector to handle housing issues. He then turned the topic to immigration, accusing immigrants at the southern border of being murderers without evidence.
“Many of them murdered far more than one person and they are now living happily in the United States,” he said. “You know, murderers now, I believe that, it’s in their genes. We have a lot of bad genes in our country right now.
Trump often invokes white supremacist language when talking about immigrants, accusing them of “poisoning the blood of America.”
Hurricane interrupts campaign
Some campaign events were postponed as Hurricane Milton, a Category 5 storm, barreled toward Florida. This comes after devastating Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc in western North Carolina and other southeastern states.
Tuesday’s roundtable with Trump and Latino leaders postponed, Miami, Florida City Hall partners with Univison For Hispanic voters who are undecided. A Univision town hall with Harris is scheduled for Thursday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, is scheduled to speak in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday.
Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will travel to Reno, Nevada, for a campaign reception on Tuesday.
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