‘She Became a Black Person!’ Trump Spars With Moderator Over Whether Or Not Republicans Should Call Harris a ‘DEI Hire’
Donald Trump sparred with ABC News reporter Rachel Scott over whether Vice President Kamala Harris was a “DEI hire” during a Black journalists conference.
The former president spoke at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago where he questioned if Harris was Black, adding “someone should look into that.” Trump said he was not aware Harris was Black until a few years ago because she only promoted her Indian heritage, but then claimed she “happened to turn black.”
Trump also went after Scott for her “very hostile, nasty tone” at the start of the panel discussion, which also included Semafor political reporter Kadia Goba and Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner.
SCOTT: Some of your own supporters, including Republicans on Capitol Hill, have labeled Vice President Kamala Harris, who was the first black and Asian American woman to serve as vice president on a major party ticket as a DEI hire. Is that acceptable language to you? And will you tell those Republicans and those supporters to stop it?
TRUMP: How do you how do you define DEI? Go ahead.
SCOTT: Diversity, equity, inclusion.
TRUMP: Okay. Yeah. Go ahead. Is that what your definition is?
SCOTT: That is…
TRUMP: Give me a definition. Would you give me a definition? Give me a definition.
SCOTT: Sir I’m asking you a question.
TRUMP: You have to define it. Define it for me.
SCOTT: I just defined it, sir. Do you believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman?
TRUMP: Well, I can say I think it’s maybe a little bit different. So, I’ve known her for a long time. Indirectly. Not directly, very much. And she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. 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?
SCOTT: She has always identified as a Black woman —
TRUMP: I respect either one, 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.
SCOTT: Just to be clear, sir —
TRUMP: I think somebody should look into that too. When you continue in a very hostile, nasty tone.
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