NBC News presses Kamala Harris on whether 'sexism' to blame for gap with male voters

NBC News elder Washington analogous Hallie Jackson pressed Vice President Kamala Harris to propose "sexism" is simply a facet successful nan statesmanlike race, but nan Democratic nominee downplayed nan conception connected Tuesday. 

Jackson asked Harris if she believes America is fresh for a female president during their question and reply astatine nan Naval Observatory successful Washington, D.C. A caller USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll this week recovered erstwhile President Trump starring among men 53% to 37%, while it was astir reversed pinch women supporting Harris 53% to 36%.

"Do you deliberation nan state is fresh now for a female and a female of colour to beryllium president?" Jackson asked, referencing erstwhile Harris felt successful 2019 that nan "elephant successful nan room" was whether nan state was fresh for specified a personification successful nan White House.

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NBC's Hallie Jackson interviews Vice President Kamala Jackson connected Oct. 22, 2024. (NBC News)

Harris said America is "absolutely" ready. 

"And I americium seeing that successful position of each locomotion of life of our country. You know, I deliberation portion of what is important successful this predetermination is really not only turning nan page, but closing nan page and nan section connected an era that suggests that Americans are divided," Harris said. 

Jackson past said, "You’ve been reluctant to thin into, to talk astir nan historical quality of your candidacy connected nan run trail. Why is that?"

Harris laughed arsenic she noted she was "clearly a woman." 

"I don’t request to constituent that retired to anyone," Harris said. 

"That is why I walk nan mostly of my clip listening and past addressing nan concerns, nan challenges, nan dreams, nan ambitions, and aspirations of nan American people," she added. "They merit to person a president who’s focused connected them, arsenic opposed to a Donald Trump who’s perpetually focused connected himself."

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NBC's Hallie Jackson and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Jackson leaned into asking astir nan gender spread betwixt Harris and Trump.

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"Fewer men support you correct now than they did President Biden. Some of your friends person suggested there’s sexism astatine play. I wonder, do you deliberation location is sexism astatine play here?" Jackson asked. 

"The acquisition that I americium having is 1 successful which it is clear that sloppy of someone’s gender, they want to cognize that their president has a scheme to little costs, that their president has a scheme to unafraid America successful nan discourse of our position astir nan world," Harris said. 

Jackson changeable back, "So, is that a no?" She past asked, "Do you not spot sexism arsenic a facet successful this title astatine all?"

"I don’t deliberation of it that way. My situation is nan situation of making judge I tin talk pinch and perceive to arsenic galore voters arsenic imaginable and gain their vote," Harris said.  "I will ne'er presume that anyone successful our state should elite a leader based connected their gender aliases their race."

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