Audible gasps in room as Trump questioned Harris' ethnicity

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Published 2024-07-31
Before Donald Trump was a declared presidential candidate, he rose to prominence in some Republican circles by becoming the chief advocate for the false claim that Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. Trump waded into the same waters Wednesday when asked about his likely 2024 opponent Kamala Harris, whose mother was Indian and father is Jamaican. CBS News campaign reporter Taurean Small has more from Chicago.

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All Comments (21)
  • 😂😂😂😂Trump always says the quiet parts out loud.
  • She campaigned as both. So, everyone thinks you racist people are stupid for putting her into a single polarizing box.
  • The amount of people who can't handle the idea of "both", that some people are biracial, is kinda scary. I feel like Ripley in Aliens: "Did IQs drop sharply while I was away?"
  • @FrankS111
    “The party then told you not to believe your eyes and ears. It was their final most essential command”
  • @myadhdSquirel
    It was Hilary Clinton that first questioned Obamas birth certificate.
  • @jasonb4770
    She campaigned as Indian. Does the media think we are stupid?
  • And this clip, my friends, is a prime example of how the media distracts us from discussing Policies.
  • @Sean-nj3hx
    He didn’t question her ethnicity? He said that she used to sell herself as an Indian for her political benefit and now she sells herself as black for her polit benefit, that’s a fact
  • He’s not lying she is playing identity politics what a race hustler
  • @Sgtjay68
    You cannot respect someone who does not deserve it.
  • Questioned? You mean pointed out the fact that she's Indian 😂😂😂😂😂
  • He wasn’t She not ether . People have been talking about this for Years now !! It’s no Secret!!
  • @skbnvacaville
    In an extremely casual setting with Obama looking really full of himself very very casual I heard the words come out of his mouth “I was born in Kenya”
  • @jezamoonspell221
    Stop with these minuscule issues, petty little games, and underhanded tactics.... just debated and talk about real country problems/solutions/promises,etc, that the politicians are going to do for our country. I'm tired of this b.s. đŸ˜€
  • @onebadfishtoo
    No gasps as the title suggests. Only laughter and acknowledgments of the truth. I really can’t wait to see these people’s faces when Trump wins again.
  • @niamtxiv
    SHE IS NOT BLK. HER DAD IS IRISH AND INDIAN, BORN IN JAMAICA. HER MOM IS INDIAN. Kamala is not black at all. 😒😒😒😒😒
  • @clint8u
    Why does it even matter if she’s black white or Indian?? Why is recent issue?? That is proof that she is 100% a DEI candidate
  • @MrRickbeez
    Headline is misleading he's wondering why she never identified this way in the past