It was at a conference organized by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Chicago that the former president made comments about the ethnicity of Vice President Kamala Harris. – She has always emphasized that she is of Indian origin. I didn’t know she was black until a couple of years ago when she suddenly turned around and wanted to be known as a black person. So I don’t know, is she Indian or black, Donald Trump said from the stage. Kama Harris was born in California, to parents who had immigrated to the United States. The mother was from India and the father from Jamaica. Kamala Harris responded to the outburst in a speech at an event for black academics. – Let me say the following: The American people deserve better. She calls the comment spiteful. – It’s the same old thing: Division and disrespect, says Harris. Vice President Kamala Harris believes Trump is the same old in his use of language. Photo: BRANDON BELL / AFP In the lion’s den Donald Trump was visibly irritated from the start with the interviewer Rachel Scott from ABC News and accused her of giving him a rude introduction. – I love the black population of this country, I have done so much for the black population of this country, Trump claimed. Black voters constitute – like several others – an important voter group at elections. Traditionally, blacks have voted for the Democrats, but Trump has managed to increase the proportion of black men who vote for the Republicans. Trump repeated the claim that he was the best president for the black population in nearly 200 years. – I have been the best president for the black part of the population since Abraham Lincoln, he claimed. Lincoln, who was the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865, was the one who formally abolished slavery after the American Civil War. Published 01.08.2024, at 07.02 Updated 01.08.2024, at 07.09
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