NIn a tense interview during the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Chicago, Trump said that former Vice President Harris “he simply promoted his Indian heritage.”
“I didn’t know she was black until a few years ago, she became black and wants to be known as black. Is it one or the other? I respect both, but she obviously doesn’t respect that.”Trump pointed out, questioning the racial identity of the vice president, who is the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, and who in her public life promotes both origins.
The tense interview was moderated by black journalists Rachel Scott of ABC, Kadia Goba of Semafor and Harris Faulkner of Fox News.
Trump ended up calling the first two “very rude” and disgusting, in an exchange of words in which the journalists insisted on getting answers from the former president.
Harris spent most of his childhood with his mother, but attended Howard University, a predominantly black university.
The White House immediately called Trump’s comment disgusting and insulting.
“Nobody has the right to say [a Harris] who is or how does he identify himself”highlighted the Government spokesperson, the African-American Karine Jean-Pierre.
In the interview, Trump also distanced himself from his vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance, for criticizing the country being in the hands of single women and people without children.
“He is a very family-oriented person (…) I know people without families who are very good and in many cases better. Not having a family does not mean there is something wrong,” stressed the Republican magnate.
Vance criticized Harris for not having children and downplayed the fact that she is a stepmother to her husband Doug Emhoff’s children.
Harris has been rapidly gathering Democratic support after Biden, whose candidacy failed following his disastrous June 27 debate performance against Trump, dropped out of the race.
About 8 in 10 Democrats say they would be somewhat or very pleased if Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, according to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted after Biden’s decision.
In a separate AP-NORC poll conducted before Biden dropped out but after his debate with Republican former President Donald Trump, only about 4 in 10 Democrats said they were somewhat or very satisfied that the current head of state is the Democratic Party’s likely nominee for president.
The rapid shifts in opinion among Democrats in such a short space of time underscore how quickly the party — from ordinary voters to elected officials — has rallied behind Harris.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, former House Minority Leader Jim Clyburn, former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were quick to announce their support for Harris.
Democratic fundraisers former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama announced their support late last week.
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