Trump Says Harris ‘Became a Black Person’ for Political Purposes During Animated Chicago Black Journalists Event

Former President Donald Trump told a black journalist conference Wednesday that he “didn’t know” Vice President Kamala Harris was “black” until recently — before trashing her as “fake, fake, fake” later at a rally in Pennsylvania.

The stunning remark about Harris’ racial identity came as Trump, 78, sought to woo minority voters by addressing the Windy City convention of the National Association for Black Journalists.

“I’ve known her a long time indirectly — not directly very much — and 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,” Trump said.

“And now she wants to be known as black, so I don’t know — is she Indian or is she black? But you know what? I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t.”

Trump added: “She was Indian all of the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn, and she went, she became a black person and I think somebody should look into that.” (Read more from “Trump Says Harris ‘Became a Black Person’ for Political Purposes During Animated Chicago Black Journalists Event” HERE)

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