In an interview with CNN, Democratic Party’s Indian-American vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris has said that her late mother would have told her to go ahead and ‘beat Trump’.

55-year-old Harris is a Senator from California. She is also the first African-American and a person of Indian descent to be nominated as the vice-presidential candidate for the upcoming elections in the United States.

Talking about her mother Shyamala Gopalan, Harris told CNN, “I think she’d be really, extremely proud.” She further laughed and said, “She would say beat Trump.”

Notably, Harris’ mother was born in Chennai and immigrated to the US to attend the doctoral program at UC Berkely. Harris told CNN that her mother who was a breast cancer researcher, died of cancer in 2009.

In the interview, Harris also opened up about her relationship with her husband and her step-children and her late mother. “We have a very modern family. If everyone approaches it in the way that there’s plenty of love to share, then it works. And we have plenty of love to share within our extended family,” she said.

Remembering her mother, Harris said, “My mother was a scientist. She had two goals in her life, to raise her two daughters and end breast cancer. She was one of – all five feet of her, one of the strongest, most loving, and toughest people you have ever met.””And she raised us to live a life of service. And she would look at the suffering right now, she would look at the denial of science right now, and it would piss her off. Excuse my language,” she added.

Asked about if her mother would be surprised that her daughter got an election ticket Harris said, “I don’t think – I don’t think she would. I think she would be immensely proud”.

“But she always encouraged us to go for it. She encouraged me to never listen to no, except if she said it, you know?” Harris told CNN.