Trump says Harris "happened to turn Black" in attack on her race

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Donald Trump called out Kamala Harris, falsely saying she claimed black heritage after being "Indian all the way" at the National Association of Black Journalists' annual conference.

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00:00— You have used words like animal and rabbit to describe black district attorneys.

00:05You've attacked black journalists, calling them a loser,

00:07saying the questions that they ask are, quote,

00:10stupid and racist.

00:12— I think it's disgraceful that I came here in good spirit.

00:17I love the black population of this country.

00:20I've done so much for the black population of this country.

00:23— So do you believe that Vice President Kamala Harris

00:26is only on the ticket because she is a black woman?

00:28— Well, I can say, no, I think it's maybe a little bit different.

00:31So, I've known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much,

00:36and she was always of Indian heritage,

00:40and she was only promoting Indian heritage.

00:43I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago,

00:46when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black.

00:50So, I don't know, is she Indian or is she black?

00:52— She is always identified as a black official until historically black college.

00:55— I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't,

00:58because she was Indian all the way,

01:00and then all of a sudden she made a turn, and she went—

01:03she became a black person.

01:05— Just to be clear, sir, do you believe that she is a—

01:06— And I think somebody should look into that, too,

01:08when you ask a continue in a very hostile, nasty tone.

01:12— It's a direct question, sir.

01:13Do you believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is a DEI hire,

01:17as some Republicans have said?

01:18— I mean, I really don't know. Could be.

01:20— But would you consider taking the cognitive test, Mr. President?

01:22— I would love to do it.

01:23— And make it public.

01:24— Well, I've already taken two of them, but I'll do it again.

01:26— Mr. President, how do you intend to—

01:29— I suggested, Harris, that— let's take one.

01:33I said, Joe and I will go and take a cognitive test.

01:35Now, I'd do it with her, too.

01:38I would do it with her also.

01:39You know what?

01:40She failed her law exam.

01:42She didn't pass her law exam,

01:43so maybe she wouldn't pass the cognitive test.

01:45— Mr. President—

01:46— Are you saying she wouldn't pass?

01:47Just to be clear, you—

01:48— I'm just giving you the facts.

01:49— To be clear, you don't think Harris—

01:50— How do you intend—

01:52— She didn't pass her bar exam,

01:54and she didn't think she would pass it,

01:56and she didn't think she was going to ever pass it,

01:58and I don't know what happened.

02:00Maybe she passed it.

02:00— She did pass it.

02:01— There's a man over here, I think, who must work.

02:03— We all here remember what those four years were like.

02:07And today, we were given yet another reminder.

02:12This afternoon,

02:15— Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting

02:23of the National Association of Black Journalists.

02:28And it was the same old show.

02:32The divisiveness and the disrespect.

02:37And let me just say,

02:40the American people deserve better.

02:43The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth.

02:49The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth.

02:54A leader who does not respond with hostility and anger

02:58when confronted with the facts.

03:01We deserve a leader who understands

03:05that our differences do not divide us.

03:10They are an essential source of our strength.

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