Vice President Harris is seeking to maximize turnout from women voters in the final days before the election in hope the critical voting block can carry her over the finish line.

While much of the conversation in the closing days of the campaign has surrounded Harris’s soft support among men, Democrats argue that women have the chance to boost Harris. They point to the voting bloc’s role in securing Democratic wins in the 2018, 2020 and 2022 elections.

But Republicans remain skeptical that women, particularly suburban women in swing states, will be a shoo-in for Harris, pointing to concerns over the economy.

“Kamala Harris is positioned to win this election because of women,” said Jessica Mackler, the president of EMILY’s List, a group dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to office.

On Wednesday, the Harris campaign hammered Trump for defending comments he made in September, in which he pledged to be a “protector of women.” During a rally on Wednesday, Trump said he disagreed with counsel from his advisers that he not use that language.

“I said, ‘Well, I’m going to do it whether the women like it or not. I’m going to protect them. I’m going to protect them from migrants coming in. I’m going to protect them from foreign countries that want to hit us with missiles and lots of other things,’” Trump told supporters in Wisconsin.

Harris responded to Trump’s remarks on Thursday, calling them “the latest in a series of reveals by the former president of how he thinks about women and their agency.”

"It actually is very offensive to women in terms of not understanding their agency, their authority, their right and their ability to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies,” the vice president told reporters in Wisconsin.

And earlier this week, the Harris campaign released an ad featuring actor Julia Roberts in which she encouraged women to vote for........

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