Kamala Harris Responds to Donald Trump Saying He'll 'Protect' Women, 'Whether the Women Like It or Not'

Mar. 15, 2025

Kamala Harris, Donald Trump.Photo:ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty; Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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Kamala Harrisis refutingDonald Trump’s claim that he wants to “protect” women.

While speaking at his rally in Green Bay, Wis. on Wednesday, Oct. 30, Trump, 78, said his team warned him not to say he wanted to “protect the people” and “the women of our country.”

Recalling the conversation, Trump then added that he was going to protect them “whether the women like it or not.”

Harris, 60, shared a clip of Trump’s speechon X(formerly known as Twitter) the same day, and captioned it, “Donald Trump thinks he should get to make decisions about what you do with your body.”

“Whether you like it or not,” theDemocratic presidential nomineeadded.

While talking in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Harris continued the theme as she spoke about “a fight for freedom” and “for the future.”

“Like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do,” she said in a clipshared to X.

He then said at a North Carolina rally one day later, “I will protect women at a level never seen before. They will finally be healthy, hopeful, safe and secure. Their lives will be happy, beautiful, and their lives will be great again. So women, we love you. We’re going to take care of you.”

Donald Trump at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Oct. 30, 2024.Chip Somodevilla/Getty

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Both Trump and Harris have been ramping up their criticism of one another ahead ofElection Day.

Duringtheir presidential debateon Sept. 10, the pair went head-to-head on the topic of abortion, with the vice president vowing toreinstateRoe v. Wadewhile Trump celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court for overturning it.

“One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to believe the government and Donald Trump certainly should not be telling women what to do with their body,” Harris said.

source: people.com