Trump Says Harris Opted To 'Turn Black'
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AFP
Chicago: Donald trump questioned on Wednesday whether Democrat Kamala Harris is really Black or is using race as a Political convenience in an interview that sent shockwaves through the 2024 presidential contest.
"She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black," Trump told a panel of interviewers at the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago.
"And now she wants to be known as Black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she Black?" he said of Harris, who is the first Black, female, and South-Asian-heritage vice president in US history.
"I respect either one but she obviously doesn't, because she was Indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made a turn, and she became a Black person."
The provocative comments by the Republican presidential nominee were the latest in a stream of ratcheted up personal attacks by the 78-year-old on Harris, and follow his multiple remarks this week in which he accused Harris -- who is married to a Jewish-American -- of being anti-Semitic.
President Joe Biden's White House swiftly responded to Trump's comments, calling them "insulting."
"No one has any right to tell someone who they are, how they identify," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the first black woman to hold the position, told reporters.
Major US auto workers union endorses Harris for president
The United Auto Workers union on Wednesday endorsed Kamala Harris for president in a boost for the Democratic candidate as she mounts her come-from-behind campaign against Donald Trump.
The UAW, which had previously backed President Joe Biden before he dropped his reelection bid, said Harris had a "proven track record of standing with the UAW and delivering major gains for the working class."
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