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Kamala Harris

Monster - Sep. 18, 2024

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HADLEY: I've never slept a full night in my entire life. I was 5 years old when my stepfather abused me for the first time. I just felt like I was alone, on a planet with a monster.

I was 12 when he impregnated me. I just remember thinking “I have to get out of my skin. I can't be me right now, this can't be it.” I didn't know what to do. I was a child. I didn't know what it meant to be pregnant at all. But I had options.

Because Donald Trump overturned Roe v. Wade, girls and women all over the country have lost the right to choose, even for rape or incest. Donald Trump did this. He took away our freedom.

HARRIS: I'm Kamala Harris and I approve this message.