Why doesn't Trump believe Kamala Harris is black?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 1 August 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Trump turned up at the national association of black journalists yesterday and they just laughed at him. He took questions from a panel and found himself saying Kamala Harris had “turned herself black“. Cue hoots of outraged derision. And a former president complaining about the “horrible“ questions. Is there any strategy here or is it all going a bit wrong ?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.9 | Do you believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? |
| 0:16.4 | Well, I can say, no, I think it's maybe a little bit different. |
| 0:19.3 | So I've known her a long time indirectly, |
| 0:23.1 | not directly, very much. And she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting |
| 0:30.5 | Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened |
| 0:35.1 | to turn black. And now she wants to be known as black. |
| 0:38.3 | So I don't know, is she Indian or is she black? |
| 0:40.5 | She has always identified as a black woman. |
| 0:42.3 | I respect either one. |
| 0:43.9 | I respect either one. |
| 0:45.1 | It is extraordinary. |
| 0:46.9 | There's no matter how many times you listen to it, |
| 0:49.5 | it still sounds utterly bizarre. |
| 0:52.3 | Because Kamala Harris has been absolutely proud, up front of the fact |
| 0:58.1 | that she had a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, so she has South Asian heritage, |
| 1:04.6 | and she has Caribbean heritage. This was a convention, a conference, that Trump chose to attend. |
| 1:11.9 | It was the association of black journalists. |
| 1:14.8 | And you can hear what's happened in the room. |
| 1:16.8 | They are just laughing at him. |
| 1:19.5 | It is the most powerful sound in the Democrats' arsenal, laughter. |
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