Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who famously has no sense of humor, tried to be cute when introducing former President Donald Trump at a town hall campaign event the other day, and instead loudly reminded everyone that she has little respect for those who make different choices.
After telling a story about her daughter putting on makeup for a father-daughter dance, Sanders said, “So my kids keep me humble…unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble,” per the New York Times. They also noted that the former press secretary mispronounced the vice president’s name, which has all of five phonetic syllables.
I’ve read the constitution. You don’t have to have kids to be president. See for yourself.
Harris’s team has already thoroughly addressed the bizarro hand-wringing over her lack of biological children, pointing out that she is a co-parent to her two stepkids, and most people understand that having kids is not the only thing that makes a person invested in their country’s future, so let’s break down the rest of Sanders’ point.
Humility. Do we want or expect someone running for leader of the free world to be humble? Would this be a conversation if Harris were a man? Isn’t it possible that Sanders, a political nepo baby whose current job, governor of Arkansas, was once held by her dad, can stand to be a bit more humble than Harris, daughter of immigrants? Food for thought.
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Then there’s the question of what being a biological parent does to one’s values and politics. Let’s take a look at how it’s impacted Sanders. As White House press secretary, she defended then-President Trump’s administration’s policy of breaking up families at the Mexican border. In 2018, a reporter called on her, as a mother, to show a little compassion. “Come on Sarah, you’re a parent,” he said during a briefing. “Don’t you have any empathy for what these people are going through?” She ignored the question and accused him of seeking the spotlight.
