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She made these remarks while campaigning with Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit, also criticizing Donald Trump's healthcare policies.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-23T12:05:14.346Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-23T11:49:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-23T12:05:14.346Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":59,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to Kamala Harris; two full reports and four digests corroborate.","critic":"Two full reports quote Harris directly; others rely on digests. 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She made these remarks on Tuesday while campaigning with Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit. The event was intended to rally support for El-Sayed ahead of the November midterm elections."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Harris noted that maternal mortality rates are disproportionately higher among minority groups. She also criticized Donald Trump's healthcare legislation, referring to it as the “Big Bad Bill,” and stated that it cut Medicaid spending. Medicaid is the largest funder for maternity care in America, according to Harris."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreements in reporting"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The New York Post digest stated that Harris accused the Trump administration of cutting research funding it classified as DEI-related. 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