Kamala Harris Opens Up About Losing Mother to Cancer: ‘Grief is Difficult’

Photo credit: ClubShayShay/YouTube When Kamala Harris sat down with former NFL star Shannon Sharpe, she gave viewers more than just a reiteration of her agenda for Americans if elected president. Unlike recent campaign rallies where the vice president largely focuses on campaign talking points, her interview on Sharpe’s popular podcast “Club Shay Shay” was more personable while still focusing on her policy proposals as she tries to convince voters to send her to the White House in the upcoming presidential election. She opened up about her mother, who lost her battle with cancer. Shyamala Gopalan died of colon cancer in 2009 when Harris was running for attorney general of California, according to news reports. “Grief is difficult,” Harris said. “The big part about grief, especially if you lose someone to a sickness, I think it’s really important that you try to remember them as they lived and not as they died.” During the hour-long conversation, Harris touched on issues affecting Americans and criticized Donald Trump for trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act.  Popularly known as Obamacare, the health care law aims to make health insurance more affordable and accessible, with many low-income families relying on it. She also doubled...