>> Stephen: HOLD ON ONE SECOND, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THIS, YOU RECOGNIZE IS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.
NOW AS A FORMER D.A. AND A FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE
COURTS AND THE EFFECT OF THE COURTS HAVE OVER LEGISLATIVE
LAWS THAT ARE PASSED. THERE ARE SO MANY LAWS BEING
PASSED AROUND THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. ARE YOU SURPRISED AT ALL ABOUT
THE RAFT OF LAWS THAT WORK DRAFTED AFTER ROE V. WADE WAS
OVERTURNED? >> Vice President Harris: I
THINK IT'S AT THE HEIGHT OF IRRESPONSIBILITY AND IN FACT, IN
MANY CASES, INHUMANE. WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN
STATES AROUND OUR COUNTRY WHO ARE PASSING LAWS THAT WOULD
CRIMINALIZE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS LITERALLY PROVIDE FOR
JAIL TIME FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES WHO PROVIDE REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH CARE, THAT WOULD PUNISH WOMEN FOR SIMPLY SEEKING THE
KIND OF CARE THAT THEY CHOOSE TAT THEY NEED.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A SITUATION WHERE, AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE NO
EXCEPTION FOR RAPE OR. LET'S SPEAK CLEARLY ABOUT WHAT
THIS MEANS. IF AFTER A PERSON HAS GONE
THROUGH A MOST VICIOUS VIOLATION OF THEIR BODY, THEN THE
GOVERNMENT WILL TELL THEM AND AFTER THAT YOU ALSO WILL NOT
HAVE AUTONOMY AND BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR BODY
AS IT RELATES TO THE DECISION YOU MAKE NEXT.
AFTER HAVING SURVIVED SUCH A VIOVIOLATE THOUGH MY VIOLATING .
LET'S BE CLEAR ON THIS ISSUE, ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE -- THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE TELLING HER WHAT TO DO WITH OUR BODIES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: YOU HAVE A TOUGH
JOB. BEING VICE PRESIDENT REQUIRES A
DEEP LOVE OF THE COUNTRY. I'M JUST CURIOUS, AS SOMEONE
WHO -- JUST RUNNING FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, YOU AND THE
PRESIDENT ARE THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYBODY.
WHAT IS IT THAT IS -- TO COIN A PHRASE -- GREAT ABOUT AMERICA
AND KINDLES YOUR LOVE FOR IT? >> Vice President Harris:
THERE IS SO MUCH. THERE IS SO MUCH.
AND YOUR RIGHTS, AND I HAVE THE BLESSING AND PRIVILEGE OF
TRAVELING ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY. IN PARTICULAR, IN THESE YEARS
WHERE WE HAVE WITNESSED SO-CALLED LEADERS ATTEMPTING TO
CREATE DIVISION BETWEEN US. I MEET PEOPLE WHO ARE -- PEOPLE
WHO ARE JUST THE MOST OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE, WHO
BELIEVE IN EACH OTHER, WHO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL HAVE SO
MUCH MORE IN COMMON THAN WHAT SEPARATES US.
PEOPLE WHO -- WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE PROTESTING, YOU KNOW
WHAT? GOD LOVE THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE A
NATION THAT SAYS WE WILL ALLOW FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF
ASSOCIATION. FOR THE MOST PART, WE ALL STAND
FOR THAT, EVEN IF WE AGREE TO DISAGREE.
I LOOK AT WHO WE ARE, WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM AND LIBERTY AS
AMERICANS. AND WE FIGHT FOR IT.
NOW, THERE WILL BE THOSE OF THE EXTREMES, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY
OF US TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR DEMOCRACY
WILL ONLY BE AS STRONG AS OUR WILLINGNESS, EACH ONE OF US, TO
FIGHT FOR IT. WHEN I TRAVEL OUR COUNTRY,
THAT'S WHAT I SEE. THAT'S WHAT I SEE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: I'M GLAD TO HEAR
IT. >> Vice President Harris: I
DO. I DO.
>> Stephen: VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING MY GUEST FOR THE SIXTH TIME.
PLEASE COME AGAIN. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS,
EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE NEW
STAR OF "BOSTON STRANGLER," CARRIE COON!