CHICAGO: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump questioned whether his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is "black" during a contentious interview at the country's largest annual gathering of Blac
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on a panel of the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, Illinois, US Jul 31, 2024. "Is she Indian or is she Black?" Trump said of his opponent in the presidential race, drawing a smattering of jeers from an audience of about 1,000 people."She was Indian all the way, and all of a sudden she made a turn and became a Black person.
Trump also declined to say on Wednesday whether Harris was a"DEI hire", as some Republicans have claimed, saying:"I don't know." When asked about his position on granting police officers immunity following the death of Sonya Massey, a black woman who was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy in Illinois, Trump acknowledged that he did not know much about the case - drawing some gasps from the crowd - but added that"it didn't look good to me".The interview began more than an hour late, which the Trump campaign said was due to problems with the event's audio equipment.
Trump has been actively courting Black voters and has held events in cities with large black populations, including Atlanta, where he plans a rally on Saturday. The presidential race is likely to come down to narrow margins in a handful of battleground states. A national Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday showed Trump leading Harris 42-43 per cent, within the poll's margin of error.
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