Kamala Harris seeks to gain election edge over Donald Trump with media blitz – US politics live

Kamala Harris seeks to gain election edge over Donald Trump with media blitzKamala Harris has begun what has been described as a week-long media blitz with an appearance on Sunday night on the podcast Call Her Daddy.

During the interview with Alex Cooper, Harris addressed topics including abortion, reporductive healthcare, housing and student debt relief.

Harris said Trump's repeated claim that Democrats support abortion "after birth" is a "lie", and that it was insulting to claim that women in their ninth month of pregnancy are electing to have an abortion.

She also rebuked Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who had suggested Harris "doesn't have anything keeping her humble" because she doesn't have children.

"I don't think she understands that there are a whole lot of women out here who are not aspiring to be humble," Harris said, adding that "We have our family by blood and then we have our family by love. And I have both."

Harris said economic conditions hinder people having a family, and suggested her aim to build 3m new homes by the end of her first time would assist with that.

Harris said "I think that most Americans want leaders who understand that the measure of their strength is not based on who you beat down. The real measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you lift up."

Cooper has made a point of also asking Trump on to the show if he wants to appear.