Former US President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Wednesday that his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris “happened to be black” a few years ago, saying she “all of a sudden” made a U-turn in her identity.
His scathing attack on Harris came as he visited the Black Journalists Club of America where he was questioned in Chicago on Wednesday.
– She has always been of Indian descent. I didn’t know she was black until a number of years ago, when she suddenly happened to be black, and now she wants to be known as black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she black?” the former president said. during the convention.
– I respect both, but obviously she doesn’t because she was Indian all the way and then suddenly she made a turn and became a black person. I think someone should look into it, he continued.
Trump said that Kamala Harris has started portraying herself as black to score political points.
The White House has reacted strongly to the “disgusting” play.
– No one has any right to tell others who they are, says President Joe Biden’s press secretary, Karine Jean Pierre.