{"id":2343973,"date":"2024-09-20T14:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-affirms-she-has-children-after-huckabee-sanders-quip-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T14:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T18:03:51","slug":"harris-affirms-she-has-children-after-huckabee-sanders-quip-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-affirms-she-has-children-after-huckabee-sanders-quip-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris affirms she has children after Huckabee Sanders quip &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharris-affirms-she-has-children-after-huckabee-sanders-quip-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343973&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In\u200b a recent interview with WIRED, Vice President \u200dKamala Harris addressed \u2063questions about her family and personal life, particularly\u200c in response to a comment made \u200cby Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders suggesting that Harris\u200d lacks humility because she does not\u200c have children. Harris\u2063 clarified that she has \u2062two stepchildren, \u2064Cole and Ella, from her \u2063marriage to Doug \u200bEmhoff, emphasizing\u2064 the \u2062importance of building \u2064a lasting relationship\u2062 with them, drawing from her own experience with \u200bparental divorce. She expressed deep affection for Cole\u2062 and Ella, saying, &#8220;I love those \u200dkids \u200bto pieces. They are my children. And I\u2019m very proud \u200dof them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Harris\u2063 also discussed gun ownership,\u2062 stating her support for Second Amendment rights \u200bwhile advocating \u200dfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-makes-false-gun-claims-signals-biden-may-use-executive-action-to-crackdown-on-second-amendment\/\" title=\"Harris Makes False Gun Claims, Signals Biden May Use Executive Action To Crackdown On Second Amendment\">reasonable gun safety laws<\/a>, including an assault weapons ban and universal background \u200cchecks. Additionally, she shared her thoughts \u200bon the importance \u200cof humor, expressing that it&#8217;s vital to \u2063be \u2062able to \u2062laugh and make light of situations, even in serious times. This \u2063interview comes amidst\u2063 criticism regarding access\u2062 for the press, \u2063as her campaign \u200chas focused on engagements with social media influencers and\u2062 local media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Harris affirms she has children after Huckabee Sanders &lsquo;humble&rsquo; quip<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1764901\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> was emphatic when asked whether she has children after Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sarah-huckabee-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sarah Huckabee Sanders<\/a> (R-AR) implied earlier this week that Harris is not humble because she does not have offspring of her own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an &ldquo;autocomplete interview&rdquo; with tech magazine <em>WIRED<\/em>, Harris was asked to respond to common Google searches about her, including whether she has children.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, I have two,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;Cole and Ella became my cherished children. Doug, my husband, I was very clear with him that when we started dating, I wanted to see how this thing was going to go before I would meet Cole and Ella.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We sat down with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> to answer the internet&rsquo;s most-searched questions about her life, her candidacy, the presidential debate, and yes, Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>&#128279; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yAbol5Rk6p\">https:\/\/t.co\/yAbol5Rk6p<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wndNLWFOxO\">pic.twitter.com\/wndNLWFOxO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WIRED (@WIRED) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WIRED\/status\/1837099605441294421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Harris married Los Angeles entertainment lawyer, now second gentleman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-emhoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug Emhoff<\/a> in 2014, becoming stepmother to his two children from his first marriage with Kerstin Mackin. Emhoff and Mackin divorced in 2009 and remain on good terms.<\/p>\n<p>Harris noted that it was &ldquo;important&rdquo; to her to &ldquo;make sure that when I developed a relationship with the kids that it would be lasting&rdquo; based on her own experience as a child of divorce. Harris&rsquo;s parents, Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan, divorced when she was 7.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I love those kids to pieces,&rdquo; Harris said of Cole and Ella. &ldquo;They are my children. And I&rsquo;m very proud of them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Harris was also asked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gun ownership<\/a> after reiterating during last week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> and this week&rsquo;s livestream event with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oprah-winfrey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Oprah Winfrey<\/a> that she, herself, was a gun owner. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Second Amendment rights<\/a> are a critical issue among some independent voters to whom she is attempting to appeal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not take anybody&rsquo;s guns away,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We also need to have reasonable gun safety laws. I believe that we need an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assault-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assault weapons ban<\/a>. We need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/background-checks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>universal background checks<\/a>. We need red flag laws. We can support the Second Amendment, as I do, and also agree that we need some reasonable laws.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One of the last prompts presented to Harris was the Google search, &ldquo;Kamala Harris laughing,&rdquo; as former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> workshops nicknames for her, such as &ldquo;Laffin&rsquo; Kamala.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I love to laugh,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really important to be able to laugh at yourself, laugh with folks. There are obviously moments that require serious thought and serious approaches, but I hope that everybody has a moment to laugh from time to time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s interview with <em>WIRED<\/em> comes amid criticism over a lack of press access to her, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s campaign prioritizing sit-downs with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/influencers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>social media influencers<\/a> and local news outlets rather than national counterparts. Harris&rsquo;s first major interview, though, was with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cnn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a> last month before her debate against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, during an appearance with Trump in Flint, Michigan, Huckabee Sanders quipped that her three children &ldquo;keep me humble.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn&rsquo;t have anything keeping her humble,&rdquo; Huckabee Sanders said. &ldquo;You would think after four years of straight failure, she would know a little humility. Unfortunately, she doesn&rsquo;t.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Huckabee Sanders has encountered scrutiny over her comments as Trump and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a>, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH), try to reach out to women in the aftermath of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a>&lsquo;s overturning of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abortion<\/a> precedent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roe-v-wade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1764901\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1764901\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris firmly confirmed that she has children in response to a comment made by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR), who suggested earlier this week that Harris lacks humility due to not having her own kids. During an &#8220;autocomplete interview&#8221; with WIRED, a tech magazine, Harris was asked about common Google searches regarding her, including whether she has children. She replied, &#8220;Yes, I have two,&#8221; referring to Cole and Ella as her beloved children. She explained that when she began dating her husband Doug Emhoff, she made it clear that she wanted to take time before meeting his children from his previous marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Harris married Emhoff in 2014 and became the stepmother of his two kids from his first marriage with Kerstin Mackin. Despite their divorce in 2009, Emhoff and Mackin maintain a good relationship. Harris emphasized the importance of building a lasting bond with the kids based on her own experiences growing up in a divorced family; her parents divorced when she was seven years old. &#8220;I love those kids dearly,&#8221; said Harris about Cole and Ella. &#8220;They are my children, and I\u2019m very proud of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the same interview, Harris addressed gun ownership after reiterating during recent debates that she is also a gun owner herself\u2014a significant issue for some independent voters she&#8217;s trying to reach. She stated, \u201cWe will not take anybody\u2019s guns away,\u201d while advocating for reasonable gun safety laws like an assault weapons ban and universal background checks.<\/p>\n<p>One of the final questions posed to Harris was about Google searches related to \u201cKamala Harris laughing,\u201d especially as former President Donald Trump has been using nicknames like \u201cLaffin\u2019 Kamala.\u201d In response, she expressed her love for laughter: \u201cIt\u2019s really important to be able to laugh at yourself&#8230; but I hope everyone finds moments to laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s interview comes amid criticism regarding limited press access during her campaign; instead of focusing on national media outlets, she&#8217;s prioritized interviews with social media influencers and local news sources. Her first major interview occurred last month with CNN before debating Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week in Flint, Michigan\u2014where both Trump and Huckabee Sanders were present\u2014Sanders remarked that having three children keeps her humble while implying that \u201cunfortunately\u201d Kamala doesn\u2019t have anything keeping her humble either after four years of perceived failures on Harris&#8217;s part<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2343974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris_Hispanic_Caucus_jj7.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4294,4021,41343,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2343973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-children","tag-harris","tag-huckabee-sanders","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Harris_Hispanic_Caucus_jj7.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}