Former President Donald Trump’s appearance at the NABJ Conference in Chicago did not go well. The appearance, plagued by controversy over its being allowed to happen, went off the rails immediately. One of the moments that will echo in the forthcoming days was Trump questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’s racial identity.
When addressing the statements of Republican leaders calling VP Harris a DEI hire, Trump stated he “didn’t know she was Black.”
“She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” Trump said.
“I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t, because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went and became a Black person,” he added. “I think somebody should look into that, too.”
“I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black.”— Donald Trump, when asked at the NABJ convention whether he thinks Kamala Harris is on the Democratic ticket only because she is a Black woman. pic.twitter.com/EP27jmE6rw— The Recount (@therecount) July 31, 2024 The post Trump Questions VP Kamala Harris Race at NABJ Conference: ‘She Happened to Turn Black’ first appeared on The Source.The post Trump Questions VP Kamala Harris Race at NABJ Conference: ‘She Happened to Turn Black’ appeared first on The Source.
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