


Donald Trump questioned Kamala Harris’s identity as a Black woman today in front of an audience of Black journalists.
“She was Indian all the way, and then, all of a sudden, she made a turn, and she went, she became a Black person,” he said of Harris, whose mother is Indian American and whose father is Black. The Harris campaign condemned Trump’s remarks and the White House called his comments “repulsive.”
From start to finish, Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention was contentious. He denounced a woman on the panel as “rude” and “nasty,” sparred with reporters over the merits of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and told the group that he was “the best president for the Black population” since Abraham Lincoln.
The event — one of the most unusual appearances of the presidential campaign so far — was an opportunity for Trump to stake his claim to Black voters that he has insisted he can win over, even as he runs against the first Black woman ever nominated by a major party. But it was not clear he succeeded.
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