Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the vice presidential campaign debate with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence held on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Harris says Trump won’t guard preexisting conditions

Politics

California Sen. Kamala Harris is hammering Vice President Mike Pence over health care, saying that the Trump administration is "coming for you" if you have a preexisting condition.

Citing the Trump administration's support for a challenge to the Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court, Harris says during Wednesday night's vice presidential debate that the Trump administration is "coming for you" if you have a preexisting condition, if you "love someone who has a preexisting condition" or if you are younger than 26 years old and covered by their parents' health care plan.

In response, Pence says that "Obamacare was a disaster" and that he and Trump have a plan to cover people with preexisting conditions, though the Trump administration hasn't yet released such a plan.

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