Harris tells Oprah she’d shoot home intruder as Trump says Jewish voters will carry ‘a lot’ of blame if he loses election: Live

Harris speaks on cost of living, reproductive rights, and immigration during a star-studded election ‘Unite for America’ event with Oprah Winfrey

Trump says Jewish voters ‘will have a lot to do with that’ if he loses election

Kamala Harris told Oprah Winfrey that she would shoot an intruder in her home as the vice president addressed gun violence, the cost of living, reproductive rights and immigration in an event on Thursday evening.

The pair sat down for their “Unite for America” live-streamed rally in Michigan as Winfrey mentioned that Harris revealed herself as a gun owner during the debate against Donald Trump last week.

“I did not know that,” Winfrey said to laughter from the audience that included the likes of Chris Rock and Julia Roberts.

Harris added: “If somebody breaks into my house they’re getting shot. I probably should not have said that... my staff will deal with that later.”

Trump said that Jewish American voters will bear “a lot” of blame if he loses the election, he told the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Washington on Thursday.

“If I don’t win this election – and the Jewish people would really have a lot to do with that if that happens because if 40 per cent, I mean, 60 per cent of the people are voting for the enemy – Israel, in my opinion, will cease to exist within two years,” he told the audience.

Key Points

• Harris tells Oprah that she’d shoot home intruder
• Trump claims that Jewish voters would have ‘a lot to do with’ election loss
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ICYMI: Doug Emhoff’s ex-wife leaps to Kamala Harris’s defense again

The ex-wife of Kamala Harris’s husband has yet again defended the vice president on social media after she was attacked for not having biological children.

Kerstin Emhoff rushed to Harris’s defense after Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders appeared to sneer at the Democratic presidential candidate for not having biological children at a town hall event in Flint, Michigan with Donald Trump on Tuesday.

“My kids keep me humble,” Sanders, who also served as White House Press Secretary under Trump, said at the event. “Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything keeping her humble.”

Emhoff was quick to speak out against the comments on social media on Tuesday night.

Katie Hawkinson reports on what she had to say.