UPDATED, 12:17 PM: Donald Trump used his appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists to attack Kamala Harris by questioning whether she really is Black.
“I’ve known her for a long time indirectly, directly, very much,” Trump said. “And she was always of Indian heritage and she was promoting 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. So I don’t know, is she Indian, or is she Black?”
Harris is biracial. Her mother was from India and her father is from Jamaica. One of the moderators pointed out that Harris always has identified as a Black woman and went to an HBCU.
“I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t,” Trump said. “Because she was Indian all the way and all of the sudden she made a turn and became Black.”
Polifact, which was doing real-time fact-checking of Trump’s appearance, rated the claim “inaccurate.”
Trump made the comments after he was asked whether he agreed with comments that Harris was a “DEI hire.” At the White House today, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded in near-real time, calling Trump’s remarks to the NABJ “repulsive.”
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