Trump posts photo of Kamala Harris wearing Indian attire in new ‘she became Black’ smear

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Trump posts photo of Kamala Harris wearing Indian attire in new ‘she became ******’ smear

Former President

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Thursday posted a photograph of Vice President Kamala Harris wearing an Indian sari as

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that the Democratic presidential candidate isn’t really ******.

A day after accusing Harris of

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, the Trump leaned into the controversy by sharing the photo of

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alongside her mother and maternal relatives.

“Thank you Kamala for the nice picture you sent from many years ago! Trump wrote on his social media site.”Your warmth, friendship, and love of your Indian Heritage are very much appreciated,”

The message came as Trump and his campaign showed

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from the firestorm controversy he launched during a contentious 35-minute sparring match with reporters at the National Association of ****** Journalists.

Trump’s campaign posted a headline depicting Harris as the “first Indian-********* senator” elected from California as he addressed a rally in Pennsylvania.

J.D. Vance, Trump’s vice presidential running mate,

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for having the courage to respond honestly to tough questions and slammed Harris as a “chameleon.”

Harris’s father is a

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and she has always proudly claimed both ****** and South ****** heritage. She attended Howard University, a historically ****** college, and is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a historically ****** sorority.

Like most mixed-race people, Harris says

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about having roots in more than one culture or continent.

Moderate Republicans Thursday distanced themselves from

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as pundits branded the statement as an unforced error that could fuel Democratic political momentum.

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu joined Maryland Senate candidate Larry Hogan and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, in trashing Trump for the

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“The path to victory in November is not won through character attacks or personal insults,” Sununu tweeted Thursday.

Hogan, a sometimes critic of Trump who is running a competitive race in deep-blue Maryland, called Trump’s remarks about Harris’s identity “unacceptable and abhorrent.”

“The ********* people deserve better,” said Hogan.

Even Trump allies in Congress declined to back his outrageous claim.

“We should spend less time talking about race and more time talking about how we’re going to get people to work,” *************

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Political analysts quickly branded Trump’s effort to focus on Harris’s identity a blunder and predicted it would boost her

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“Trump has far stronger arguments to use than her mixed ******* background, which many people can identify with,” said Matt Mackowiak, a Texas-based *********** strategist, who suggested Trump should instead focus on tying Harris to Biden.

Scott Jennings, another GOP strategist, said

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and predicted his campaign would seek to quickly move back to better attacks like the economy and the southern border.

Despite the criticism, Trump has benefitted in the past from injecting racially divisive issues into campaigns.

He famously

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that claimed former President Obama wasn’t really born in the U.S. That smear was in part designed to divide ****** ********* voters by convincing them that Obama was somehow different from them.

The attacks on Harris come as Trump is hoping to expand his paltry support among ****** voters.

He won an estimated 9% of the ****** vote in 2020 but some polls have predicted

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this time, especially among ****** men.

Those hopes are likely overblown now that Harris has

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and is running to make history as the first ****** woman in the White House.

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