Kamala Harris Responds To Donald Trump Questioning Her Blackness At NABJ Convention
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has issued an official response after former President Donald Trump called her racial identity into question while speaking at a controversial panel during The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention on Wednesday (July 31) in Chicago.
Not hesitating after the controversial event, the statement was released by Harris For President Communications Director Michael Tyler on the same day. The full memo was shared across social media by Huff Post Deputy Editor Phillip Lewis.
“The hostility Donald Trump showed on stage today is the same hostility he has shown throughout his life, throughout his term in office, and throughout his campaign for president as he seeks to regain power and inflict his harmful Project 2025 agenda on the American people,” reads the statement.
The Harris Campaign continued to elaborate:
“Trump lobbed personal attacks and insults at Black journalists the same way he did throughout his presidency – while he failed Black families and left the entire country digging out of the ditch he left us in. Donald Trump has already proven he cannot unite America, so he attempts to divide us.
“Today’s tirade is simply a taste of the chaos and division that has been a hallmark of Trump’s MAGA rallies this entire campaign. It’s also exactly what the American people will see from across the debate stage as Vice President Harris offers a vision of opportunity and freedom for all Americans. All Donald Trump needs to do is stop playing games and actually show up to the debate on September 10.”
While speaking at the NABJ conference, moderated by journalists Rachel Scott, Harris Faulkner, and Kadia Goba, Trump made statements including “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,” and “is she Indian or is she Black?”
Scott quickly answered his inflammatory questioning by affirming, “She’s always been Black. Harris is of South Asian and Caribbean descent, as her mother is Indian and her father, Jamaican.” The full event was scheduled to last an hour, but was cut off at 34 minutes following a delayed start, according to The Guardian.
Watch the full interview below.
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