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In a recent interview, Donald Trump questioned Kamala Harris’s racial identity, 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’ read more
 "Kamala Harris responds to Trump’s 'Indian or Black' remark on her racial identity")
US Vice President Kamala Harris. Source: X/@KamalaHarris
In a rally in Texas on Wednesday, US Vice President Kamala Harris addressed former President Donald Trump’s recent controversial comments questioning her racial identity, describing them as “the same old show” and asserting that “America deserves better.”
Trump’s comments were made during an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) event. He questioned Harris’s racial identity, 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.”
The interview, initially planned for an hour, was cut short after 34 minutes, according to Axios.
In Houston, Harris responded forcefully to Trump’s remarks at the Sigma Gamma Rho’s 60th International Biennial Boule, a gathering of the Black sorority’s members.
Addressing the crowd, Harris said: “This afternoon,” pausing for boos, “Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists.”
This afternoon, Donald Trump spoke to the National Association of Black Journalists.
It was the same old show.
Let me just say: The American people deserve better than Donald Trump’s divisiveness and disrespect.
Harris continued, “And it was the same old show: the divisiveness and the disrespect. And let me just say, the American people deserve better. The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth. A leader who does not respond with hostility and anger when confronted with the facts. We deserve a leader who understands that our differences do not divide us – they are an essential source of our strength.”
Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider meeting me on the debate stage.
Because, as the saying goes, if you’ve got something to say, say it to my face. pic.twitter.com/fkL9ZYOY3X
Harris’s campaign later issued a statement remarking, “The Donald Trump America saw at NABJ is the one Black voters have known for years.”
Also Read: Trump questions Kamala Harris’ presidential race at Black Journalists’ Convention
On the same day, Trump appeared at a rally in Pennsylvania, his first in the state since the assassination attempt against him last month. There, Trump commented on Harris, stating,
“Don’t forget. Four weeks ago she was considered, like, the worst,” and that she had undergone a “personality makeover… All of a sudden she’s considered the new Margaret Thatcher.”
Also Read: Is she Indian or black, says Trump on Harris; repulsive, insulting, responds White House
At the rally, giant screens displayed a 2016 Business Insider headline referring to Harris as the first “Indian-American US senator.”
In Maine that evening, Harris’s husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, criticised Trump’s remarks, calling them a “worse version of an already horrible person.”
Emhoff added, “He should never be near the White House again.”
He condemned Trump’s behavior, stating, “The insults, the BS – it’s horrible, it’s terrible, it shows a lack of character.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also weighed in on Trump’s remarks. As Trump spoke, Jean-Pierre addressed journalists, initially intending to be “super careful” but then responding more directly. “Wait. No, no, no,” she said, referring to Trump’s comments.
“As a person of colour, as a Black woman who is in this position, what he just said, what you just read out to me is repulsive. It’s insulting.”
Jean-Pierre said that Harris was the only one qualified to define her own identity, adding, “And I think it’s insulting for anybody – it doesn’t matter if it’s a former leader, a former president – it is insulting.”
With inputs from agencies
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