Trump Questions Harris’ Heritage

Outrageous interview at the National Association of Black Journalists

Liza Donnelly
3 min readAug 1, 2024

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On a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago with three female Black journalists questioning him, Trump said that he had been aware of Vice President Harris’ Indian identity, but didn’t know she was Black:

“I’ve known her a long time indirectly, and she was always of Indian heritage, only promoting her 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. I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black? I repect either one, but she obviously doesn’t. Because she was Indian all the way and then she made a turn, and she became a Black woman.”

When I heard he was going to this convention, and I wondered why. I’m glad he did because he was exposed in several ways. The above statement, and he doubled down on his comment from the debate about “Black jobs.” He said, “Coming from the border are millions and millions of people coming to take Black jobs.” He repeated it several times in different ways.

His arrogance is just incredible. Here are more snippets of the interview and his insults, racism and innuendos.

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