Trump falsely attacks Kamala Harris over race, saying she “happened to turn Black”

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Trump falsely attacks Kamala Harris over race, saying she “happened to turn ******”

Former President Donald Trump launched a racially insensitive ******* against presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris on Wednesday, falsely questioning her ******* background in a contentious appearance in Chicago.

During a panel discussion at the conference of the National Association of ****** Journalists, the *********** nominee for president said his opponent for the White House “happened to turn ******” a number of years ago.

Asked about some Republicans labeling Harris as a “DEI hire,” Trump, after bickering with ABC’s Rachel Scott over the definition of DEI, responded: “I’ve known [Harris] a long time indirectly, not directly, very much. And she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was ****** until a number of years ago when she happened to turn ****** and now she wants to be known as ******. So I don’t know, is she Indian, or is she ******?” 

Trump said he respects “either one,” seeming to mean either heritage, but claimed Harris “obviously doesn’t.” 

Harris’ mother is originally from India, and her father is from Jamaica. As an undergraduate, Harris attended Howard University, a historically ****** school in Washington, and belongs to Alpha Kappa Alpha, the country’s oldest ****** sorority. She was also a member of the Congressional ****** Caucus during her time in the Senate.

Trump came to prominence politically by falsely questioning President Barack Obama’s heritage.

On Wednesday, Trump also repeated his line from his debate against President Biden about undocumented immigrants taking so-called “****** jobs.”

“My message is to stop people from invading our country that are taking frankly, a lot of problems with it, but one of the big problems and a lot of the journalists in this room I know and I have great respect for, a lot of the journalists in this room are ******,” Trump said. “I will tell you that coming from the border are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking ****** jobs —”

“What exactly is a ****** job, sir?” ABC’s Rachel Scott pressed. 

“A ****** job is anybody that has a job, that’s what it is,” Trump said, to some laughs from the crowd. 

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Kathryn Watson

Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.

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