Republicans to control every aspect of women's lives and their bodies. That’s why Harris' life choices and political success infuriate them
has not given birth to children — and is therefore unfit to be president of the United States of America — appears to be the first line of attack the GOP has come up with since the presidential race was upended this weekend when President Joe Biden dropped out.
It’s also in keeping with the messaging the GOP has been trying to attach to Harris for a while now. In 2021, now-VP nominee J.D. Vancea ruling political party dominated “by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.” He was referring to Harris, AOC, and Pete Buttigieg .
Harris does have children, however. She is the stepmother to her husband Doug Emhoff’s two children with his first wife, and they, a loving and supportive relationship. One might argue that navigating the blending of a family and negotiating the role of step-parent, and doing it well, calls on exactly the skills a person needs to lead a divisive country.
And yet, this argument rests on the foundational belief that one must experience something directly to have any say over it. At its core, though, this thinking denies the very thing that makes us most human: our empathy. The ability to put ourselves in another’s shoes is not just the golden rule, it is a fundamental necessity to democracy. But, of course, whether or not Harris is a parent, or how she parents, is not the GOP’s real issue.
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