Kamala Harris says Trump’s comment on women ‘is offensive to everybody’

The comments by Trump come as he has struggled to connect with female voters and as Harris courts women in both parties with a message centered on freedom

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, embraces Jennifer Lopez during a campaign rally Thursday, October 31, 2024, in North Las Vegas.

Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies.” “I think it’s offensive to everybody, by the way,” Harris said before she set out to spend the day campaigning in the Western battleground states of Arizona and Nevada.

She followed up those remarks at her rally in Phoenix: “He simply does not respect the freedom of women or the intelligence of women to know what’s in their own best interests and make decisions accordingly. But we trust women.”