The Harris for President campaign has released a statement on Donald Trump after his wild appearance at the 2024 NABJ Conference. While on stage, Trump attacked ABC and journalists, said he was unfamiliar with the Sandra Massey case, and, most notably, questioned the race of Vice President Kamala Harris.
“The hostility Donald Trump showed on stage today is the same hostility he has shown throughout his life, throughout his term in office, and throughout his campaign for president as he seeks to regain power and inflict his harmful Project 2025 agenda on the American people.
“Trump lobbed personal attacks and insults at Black journalists the same way he did throughout his presidency – while he failed Black families and left the entire country digging out of the ditch he left us in. Donald Trump has already proven he cannot unite America, so he attempts to divide us.
“Today’s tirade is simply a taste of the chaos and division that has been a hallmark of Trump’s MAGA rallies this entire campaign. It’s also exactly what the American people will see from across the debate stage as Vice President Harris offers a vision of opportunity and freedom for all Americans. All Donald Trump needs to do is stop playing games and actually show up to the debate on September 10.”
– Harris for President Official Statement
Former President Donald Trump’s appearance at the NABJ Conference in Chicago did not go well. The appearance, plagued by controversy over its being allowed to happen, went off the rails immediately. One of the moments that will echo in the forthcoming days was Trump questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’s racial identity.
When addressing the statements of Republican leaders calling VP Harris a DEI hire, Trump stated he “didn’t know she was Black.”
“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, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” Trump said.
“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 went and became a Black person,” he added. “I think somebody should look into that, too.”
“I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black.”
— Donald Trump, when asked at the NABJ convention whether he thinks Kamala Harris is on the Democratic ticket only because she is a Black woman. pic.twitter.com/EP27jmE6rw
— The Recount (@therecount) July 31, 2024
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