After a disastrous performance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump continued to make false claims about Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity, spreading disinformation that his likely Democratic presidential opponent is not Black and identified only with her Indian heritage until recently.

What You Need To Know

• After a disastrous performance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump continued to make false claims about Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity

• He spread disinformation that his likely Democratic presidential opponent is not Black and identified only with her Indian heritage until recently


• He also shared multiple posts from far-right propagandist Laura Loomer, a well-documented bigot and self-described “proud Islamophobe”


• Around 34 million people, or 10% of the population, in the U.S. identified as biracial during the last census in 2020

The attacks on Harris, the daughter of a Black Jamaican immigrant father and an Indian immigrant mother, continued through the evening on Wednesday and into Thursday. The tactics he employed were questioned by high-ranking Republicans, endorsed by others and slammed by Democrats as the former president appeared to mock the concept of being biracial — something around 34 million people, or 10% of the population, in the U.S. identified as during the last...

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