Vice-president brushes off remarks by Donald Trump in which he said Harris ‘happened to turn Black’ a number of years ago

Kamala Harris has shrugged off Donald Trump’s questioning of her racial identity, saying that it was “the same old show” and that “America deserves better”, at a rally in Texas.

On Wednesday, in an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), Trump antagonised senior Black journalists and questioned Harris’s race, saying, “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.”

His interview, which was meant to last an hour, according to Axios, was cut short after 34 minutes.

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    i don’t understand. what does he think he gains if he were to actually convince people that she’s only “pretending to be black”? it sounds like the only reason he even went to that event was to get more votes from racists who were already going to vote for him…whatever. fucking moron

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        He doesn’t have that thing in his head we all have to tell him what he is about to say is fucking stupid. It’s a direct path from brain to mouth.

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          Ironically, that is also the secret to his success because his moronic cultists perceive it as “authentic”.

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      His people arranged it and told him to go, otherwise he would have never been there. Someone in his camp decided it was a good idea.

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        “mr dear leader majesty sir, we really need to bring up the black vote numbers”

        “easy, i’ll just tell them harris won’t do anything for them because she’s not actually black!”

        “um…there are multiple problems with that argument sir…”

        “shut up and get me a happy meal”

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      what does he think he gains if he were to actually convince people that she’s only “pretending to be black”?

      It means horrible attacks against her aren’t racism. It’s a permission slip to his followers to be racist to her.

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      Because large swaths of his voter base (and party in general) are inherently racist so attacking from this angle resonates best with them.

      Also, when this is his biggest vector of attack against someone that should let you know exactly how much they have on the table