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Trump steps up attacks on Harris, but U.S. vice president responds with political gain
Kyiv • UNN
US Vice President Kamala Harris has condemned Donald Trump's false claims about her racial identity. She said America deserves better and refused to engage in a debate with the former president.
As Donald Trump made false statements about Kamala Harris's race, the Vice President of the United States condemned the Republican presidential candidate's remarks. Harris also announced that she would not enter the debate and stated that “America deserves better.
Writes UNN citing The New York Times and Folkbladet.
Details
Speaking Wednesday night in Houston at the convention of one of the nation's most prominent black sororities in front of an audience of thousands of black women, Kamala Harris condemned former President Donald Trump's remarks criticizing her black identity.
Responding to a verbal jab from a Republican - Trump said that Harris “only recently started acting black”- the US Democratic candidate said that “America deserves better”.
“It was the same old show,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in Houston on Wednesday, referring to former President Donald J. Trump's comments about her identity.
It was the same old show. Divisive and disrespectful. And let me just say that the American people deserve better
Several of Harris' allies pointed to the League of Black Women, which supports her campaign and can counter attacks on her race and gender.
They argue that the vice president cannot directly respond to Mr. Trump's false claims about her race, but voters and organizers can defend her.
Reference
Over the years, Kamala Harris has been open about her background. Her mother was from India and her father was from Jamaica, as she wrote about in her autobiography, The Truths That Unite Us. Kamala is currently the first black woman and the first person of Asian descent to serve as Vice President of the United States.
Supplement
The Harris campaign chose to highlight other comments Trump made in Chicago, including his promise to pardon rioters who attacked police as they stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Recall
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris challenged former President Donald Trump to offer to face her in a debate before the Novembere election.
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