Kamala joins El-Sayed for a ‘Black birthing people’ campaign stop and his face says it all

BS BULLETIN:

Kamala Harris said opposition to DEI is “by definition” an attack on maternal care.
The former vice president made the argument while campaigning for Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit.
Harris also accused the Trump administration of cutting research funding it classified as DEI-related.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris brought DEI directly into the debate over maternal healthcare Tuesday, declaring that an attack on diversity, equity and inclusion is also an attack on care for pregnant women.

Abdul El-Sayed – who said breast cancer funding was “disturbing” – looks miserable as Kamala Harris yells, not once but twice, that opposing woke DEI is “an attack on maternal care.” pic.twitter.com/OjDEDBdshq

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Harris made the argument during a Black maternal health roundtable at Birth Detroit while campaigning alongside Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul .

“An attack on DEI, to recognize diversity, equity and inclusion, is an attack by definition on maternal care, including the need to protect Black women in connection with their pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care,” Harris said.

Kamala Harris is campaigning with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan today

The topic? “Black birthing people”

Wokeness is NOT over pic.twitter.com/u3VbjeOrnx

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Harris pointed to racial disparities in maternal health, saying Black women are three to four times more likely to die in connection with childbirth and Native American women face elevated risks as well.

She also said one in 12 American women lives in what she described as a “maternal care desert,” with limited or no access to maternity care.

Harris then connected the issue to the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate DEI programs and funding.

She said the administration had cut National Institutes of Health funding for research projects it considered DEI-related, specifically pointing to research involving uterine fibroids.

Harris also attacked President Donald Trump over Medicaid and Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, who is running against El-Sayed for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.

“The United States Senate should be a stopgap on the abuses of this administration,” Harris said, arguing that El-Sayed would oppose the administration’s healthcare policies if elected.

Rogers fired back at the campaign appearance, accusing El-Sayed of bringing Harris to Michigan to rescue his campaign and criticizing the economic record of the Biden-Harris administration.

The appearance also represented an interesting political reunion. El-Sayed participated in Michigan’s 2024 “uncommitted” movement protesting the Biden administration’s Israel policy before ultimately endorsing Harris after she became the Democratic presidential nominee.

MY QUICK TAKE

Only Kamala Harris could take one of the most serious healthcare problems facing American women and somehow arrive at DEI.

But “by definition” is doing some heroic work here. You can agree that Black maternal mortality deserves urgent attention without accepting the proposition that opposing DEI programs therefore means opposing maternal care. Those are two separate arguments — and Harris just stapled them together.