Trump digs in on attacking Kamala Harris’s biracial identity
By
Mabinty Quarshie
August 1, 2024 3:05 pm
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Former President Donald Trump has continued to attack Vice President Kamala Harris‘s biracial identity despite GOP consternation that it could turn off critical swing voters.
“Thank you Kamala for the nice picture you sent from many years ago!” Trump sarcastically wrote Thursday morning on Truth Social, sharing a photo of Harris embracing her Indian heritage with family members as he casts doubt on her identity as a black woman. “Your warmth, friendship, and love of your Indian Heritage are very much appreciated.”
Just one day earlier, Trump participated in a panel with three black female reporters in Chicago, during which he falsely accused Harris of only embracing her black identity later in her career.
“So I’ve known her a long time, indirectly, not directly, very much, and she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” Trump said, prompting audience members to gasp. “I didn’t know she was black, until a number of years ago when she ran [as] black, and now she wants to be known as black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she black?
“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 became a black person,” Trump said.
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