Former VP Kamala Harris stumps with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, highlighting Black maternal health

Kamala Harris joined Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Detroit roundtable on Black maternal health, telling attendees that one in 12 U.S. women live in maternal healthcare deserts and blaming Trump administration Medicaid cuts and DEI rollbacks for worsening outcomes. The event, not open to local press, came as El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers in the general election.

Harris also called Trump's recent banning of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House 'abhorrent' while speaking to pool reporters afterward. Reproductive Freedom for All's Michigan director used the appearance to highlight Rogers' past opposition to a state reproductive-rights ballot measure.

The visit also underscored lingering tension: a group of Michigan rabbis pressed El-Sayed, in an open letter to Harris timed to her visit, to address unresolved concerns about his rhetoric on Israel and Gaza, which he has not yet done.

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