Former President Trump on Wednesday mocked Vice President Harris’ heritage during a live interview Wednesday at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, telling the Chicago gathering that she “happened to turn Black.”
ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott pressed Trump on comments from other Republicans that Harris was a “DEI hire” and was only elevated to the top of the Democratic ticket because of her race and gender.
“I’ve known her a long time indirectly. Not directly very much,” Trump said.
“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,” Trump said.
“So I don’t know, is she Indian, or is she Black,” he continued.
.“She has always identified as a Black woman,” Scott interjected.
“But you know what, I respect either one. But she obviously doesn’t. Because she was Indian all the way then all of a sudden she made a turn. And she became a Black person. And I think somebody should look into that,” Trump said, criticizing Scott’s “hostile” and “nasty” tone.
