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Emma Hinchliffe, Nina Ajemian

Donald Trump accuses Kamala Harris of 'turning Black'

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- Vicious attack. President Donald Trump yesterday spouted a new—and not so new—line of attack against Vice President Kamala Harris. In a controversial interview at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention, he questioned Harris's biracial identity—and seemed to accuse her of playing up one or the other side of her heritage for political gain.

Harris is Black and Indian—and, if elected, would be the first female president, first Black woman president, and first South Asian president. Trump said: “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. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?”

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