Vice President Kamala Harris tried to sidestep her position on transgender surgeries Tuesday night, but said the decision ultimately rested with doctors, not the government.
“I think we should respect the law,” Harris began during an interview with NBC’s Hallie Jackson, who asked him to define his position on the issue.
Jackson interrupted Harris to point out that Trump was “trying to define her” on the issue, spending millions of dollars on ads against her on the issue.
“I’m asking you to define yourself,” Jackson continued.
“I think people, as the law states, even on this issue, on federal law, it’s a decision that doctors will make in terms of what is medically necessary,” Harris said. “I’m not going to put myself in the position of a doctor.”
Vice President Kamala Harris tried to sidestep her position on transgender surgeries Tuesday night, but said the final decision rested with doctors, not the government.
Harris dismissed the question as a “distraction” and went on to highlight Trump’s most dramatic proposals for the country.
The Trump campaign has spent millions of dollars in advertising against Harris for supporting taxpayer-funded surgeries for prisoners and even illegal immigrants.
‘Kamala is for them/them; President Trump is for you,’ the ads conclude.
The vice president also dodged a similar question from Fox News host Bret Baier when asked if she still supports taxpayer-funded surgeries for illegal immigrants.
Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theater Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia.
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a moderated conversation
“I will follow the law, a law that Donald Trump actually followed,” Harris responded, calling it a “distraction” from the issues that mattered in the election.
“I think he spent $20 million on those ads trying to create a sense of fear in voters because he doesn’t really have any plan in this election that focuses on the needs of the American people,” Harris said in the Fox interview. “Twenty million on an issue that, when it comes to the most important issues affecting the American people, is really quite remote, and once again, their policy was no different.”
