(Video: The Washington Post)“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. Former president Donald Trump openly questioned Vice President Harris’s racial identity while at the National Association of Black Journalists convention. Some of Trump’s Black Republican allies in Congress, such as Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), came to his defense. Democratic operatives say Harris’s candidacy already shows signs of motivating Black voters — whose flagging enthusiasm for Biden had left a hole in the Democratic base. In Chicago, Trump defended Vance but also said there is evidence that running mates have little impact on elections.

Source: Washington Post August 01, 2024 13:21 UTC