Trump makes false claims about Harris's racial identity in contentious NABJ interview

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In a combative interview at an event hosted by the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago, former President Donald Trump questioned Vice President Kamala Harris's racial identity, falsely stating that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee only recently "became a Black person." Nikole Killion reports.

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All Comments (21)
  • @MiaEn-yu6il
    That’s true she claimed her Indian descent.
  • @marielewis3716
    A Jamaican father who does NOT identify as "black". She did not identify as "black" until it was to her benefit politically.
  • @stevenw815
    There’s literaly a video of her years ago claiming she’s Indian
  • @dwest4473
    Nothing false about what he said. She claimed Indian heritage when rising in CA. Her father was Jamaican, mother was Indian. She picks and chooses depending upon current advantage.
  • @donhamm8740
    She calls herself black but she is not. She is Indian. Why does it matter. Because Harris is playing to pander the black vote.
  • Trump did not make false claims as the caption reads above. I watched the interview today. Slice and dice the interview for a narrative. I knew to expect this again. Like Russia Russia!
  • @s.o3672
    He didn’t make a false claim. That’s what she said Indian she’s not black
  • @John.0079
    She identified as first Indian Senator. Trump is right. She isn't African American. She was raised in Canada as an Indian woman.
  • @Jeanette-iw8un
    He didn’t lie. That’s what the masses have been saying. She wasn’t promoting her black side she always identified as Indian. He definitely said it the trump way but He just said what the black population has been saying
  • @lr9512
    Not only is she not black , she was raised in Canada.
  • @bigzach7778
    Jamaican + Indian does not equal Black 😂😂😂
  • @jussagrl870
    Judge Joe Brown sure had A LOT to say about Kamala Harris in a recent interview.
  • @2Ryled
    SHE IS INDIAN/JAMAICAN. JAMAICAN IS JAMAICAN.
  • @expe808
    Her father condemned the remark, telling a Jamaican website that she shouldn't have used a 'fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker' 'Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty,' Donald Harris said
  • @Colossus-Tone
    Actually what he said is 100% true, but we know fake news lies about everything, so we can see why you'd also lie about this. Kamala herself has said she is of Indian and Jamaican descent.