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topicnews · October 10, 2024

Kamala Harris tells voter that Donald Trump ‘loves his family’ when asked about her rival’s virtues at Univision town hall

Kamala Harris tells voter that Donald Trump ‘loves his family’ when asked about her rival’s virtues at Univision town hall

Kamala Harris appeared at a Univision town hall in Las Vegas today, her latest stop in a media campaign as she and her rival Donald Trump struggle to win over the Latino electorate.

According to a pool report, Harris answered questions about health care, immigration and reproductive rights in the same way she had elsewhere. At the end of the event, she also answered a rather unexpected question from a voter.

The vice president was asked to name three virtues about Trump.

Harris said she believes Trump “loves his family” but admitted she “doesn’t really know him.” Their meeting at the ABC News presidential debate on September 10 was the first time they met in person.

The question was reminiscent of Trump and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 town hall debate, when a voter asked each to name one thing they respected about the other. “I respect his children. “His children are incredibly capable and devoted, and I think that says a lot about Donald,” Clinton replied. Trump said of his rival: “She doesn’t give up. She doesn’t give up. I respect that…She’s a fighter.”

The town hall airs tonight at 10pm ET on Univision. Trump is scheduled to hold a town hall with the network next week on October 16 in Miami. Enrique Acevedo moderated the event.

Recent polls show Harris winning the Latino vote, but Trump has made gains primarily among men.

At the town hall, one voter said he was upset about the way President Joe Biden was treated as he was pressured to resign after a poor performance at the June debate. Harris said history will show that Biden’s decision to resign was “probably one of the bravest a president could make.”

More will follow.