Former President Donald Trump shot back at critics claiming he’s racist for suggesting Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t always identified as black with an old family photo featuring Vice President Kamala Harris dressed in traditional Indian garb.
“Thank you Kamala for the nice picture you sent from many years ago! Your warmth, friendship, and love of your Indian Heritage are very much appreciated,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday morning.
The 45th president’s post highlighting Harris’ Indian upbringing followed a contentious interview with the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago on Wednesday, where he was criticized for claiming Kamala had previously identified as Indian-American when it was politically expedient during her time in the US Senate, but is now attempting to claim she’s black.
“I’ve known her a long time, indirectly,” Trump said. “And she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I did not 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 just told the world that KAMALA HARRIS ISN’T BLACK
“I didn’t know she was black… until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black.
Now she wants to be known as black…
She was Indian all the way and then all of a sudden she made a… pic.twitter.com/PmTfACv4wl
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) July 31, 2024
“I respect either one,” he said, adding, “but she obviously doesn’t, because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and … she became a black person. … Somebody should look into that, too.”
The response came as ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott pressed Trump on whether he believed Harris was a DEI hire, with Scott arguing falsely that Kamala had “always identified as a black person.”
Just so we’re clear, Joe Biden himself lauded Kamala as his DEI hire just four months ago, stating,
“To me, the values of diversity, equality, inclusion are literally — and this is not kidding — the core strengths of America… That’s why I’m proud to have the most diverse administration in history that taps into the full talents of our country. And it starts at the top with the Vice President.”
Meanwhile, as the mainstream media struggles to recast Harris as black, social media did its thing and produced a mountain of evidence showing she has mainly identified as an Indian American.
Well look at this. A few years ago CNN did an entire segment on Kamala’s Indian heritage. They even had an Indian woman do the reporting.
pic.twitter.com/537IeEfUAl
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 31, 2024
President Trump is right.. Kamala was sworn in as an Indian now she is ‘black’ to get black people to vote pic.twitter.com/wO576TrQyd
— Melissa Tate (@TheRightMelissa) July 31, 2024
MINDY KALING: “Okay. So what we’re going to cook today is an Indian recipe. Because you are Indian.”
KAMALA: “Yes yes yes okay.”
MINDY KALING: “Actually we’re both South Indian.”
This was 2019. pic.twitter.com/zwSLrq0L6l
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 31, 2024
Flashback: California’s Kamala Harris becomes first Indian-American US senator | Associated Press
Trump said today that Kamala Harris used to identify as an Indian-American and later pivoted to identify as black.
Fact check: True pic.twitter.com/B9JGbgWyTT
— Owen Gregorian (@OwenGregorian) July 31, 2024
So when Kamala hits Indian TV, she’s Indian.
When she rolls up in Atlanta, she’s Black.
They call this code-switching & it’s damn offensive! pic.twitter.com/GmpeES849m
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) July 31, 2024
Kamala Harris brags about becoming the ‘First Indian Senator in American History’
So… pic.twitter.com/1ayqSriFTb
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 31, 2024
Sharing the same photo as Trump, Indian-American Dinesh D’Souza commented, “Here’s Kamala Harris in a family photo. She looks Asian Indian, like me. ‘But she IDENTIFIES as black!’ Wait! So if I now identify as black, I somehow become black?”
Here’s Kamala Harris in a family photo. She looks Asian Indian, like me. “But she IDENTIFIES as black!” Wait! So if I now identify as black, I somehow become black? pic.twitter.com/MboDAkYk2Q
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 1, 2024
Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, himself of Indian heritage, also slammed Kamala for attempting to shift her race when it’s politically convenient.
“Many Indian-Americans in the US are indeed somewhat offended by the way Kamala has suddenly cast aside the Indian-American side of identity… She wore that when it was convenient. She’s wearing a different identity now,” Ramaswamy told Fox News.
Vivek on Kamala’s Heritage:
“Many Indian-Americans in the US are indeed somewhat offended by the way Kamala has suddenly cast aside the Indian-American side of identity… She wore that when it was convenient. She’s wearing a different identity now.” pic.twitter.com/Si7Pzk7zRJ
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 31, 2024
Asked his thoughts on the situation, Trump running mate JD Vance said he thought it “hilarious” that the former president “pointed out the fundamental chameleon-like nature of Kamala Harris.”
“I frankly just think it’s hysterical how much the media is overreacting to it,” Vance said.
“The President doesn’t do scripted BS stuff. He actually goes into hostile audiences, he answers tough questions, he pushes back against them, but he actually answers them and how nice it is to have an American leader who’s not afraid to go into hostile places and actually answer some tough questions.”
“So what he said, I thought it was hysterical. I think he pointed out the fundamental chameleon-like nature of Kamala Harris,” he said. “She’s flip flopped on every issue. She’s fake. She’s phony. And I think our whole campaign is going to have a very fun time pointing that out. And it sounds like the president kicked us off in stride.”
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