Kamala Harris smiled and laughed as she addressed racist remarks made by Donald Trump to Black journalists on Wednesday, describing the comments as “the same old show of divisiveness and disrespect.”
Trump had appeared at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago, where he wildly, and falsely, claimed that the vice president only recently “became a Black woman.” Harris’s father is from Jamaica and her mother is Indian.
Delivering remarks at a Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority gathering in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday evening, she told crowds: “The American people deserve better.
“The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth who does not respond with hostility when confronted with the truth…that understands that our differences do not divide us.”
Harris appearance in Texas is her second since becoming the Democrats’ likely presidential nominee, appearing on Tuesday in Georgia alongside rap stars Quavo and Megan Thee Stallion, as she dared Trump to take her on in a live debate.
Meanwhile, it was announced that Harris will make her first appearance with her choice of running mate in Philadelphia on Tuesday — though her campaign has stressed that she has not yet made a decision who that will be.
Harris welcomes Howard men’s basketball team to the White House
Gustaf Kilander1 August 2024 02:15
Harris says she’s ‘honored to receive the endorsement of the United Auto Workers’
Gustaf Kilander1 August 2024 01:45
Harris calls Trumps remarks at NABJ ‘the same old show’
At a rally in Texas Kamala Harris smiled and laughed as she addressed racist remarks made by Donald Trump at an event in Chicago.
Referring to Trump’s presidency, she said: “We all remember what those four years were like, and today, we were given another reminder.
“This afternoon Donald Trump spoke at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, and it was the same old show of divisiveness and disrespect.
“And let me just say the American people deserve better… The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth who does not respond with hostility when confronted with the truth…that understands that our differences do not divide us.”
Mike Bedigan1 August 2024 01:33
Second Gentleman slams Trump at Maine fundraiser
The Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, slammed Trump during a fundraiser in Maine for the former president’s comments about his wife’s racial identity.
“A worse version of an already horrible person,” he said regarding Trump, according to The Washington Post.
“The insults, the BS, shows a lack of character—but it’s a distraction,” he added.
Gustaf Kilander1 August 2024 01:15
After Trump team touts ‘demise’ of Project 2025, Harris campaign calls BS
While two top advisers to the former president claimed victory in a statement that blustered about the fates of any Republican who falsely claimed to speak for Donald Trump, the Harris campaign and even the Heritage Foundation said that the bulk of Project 2025’s work would continue.
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 00:45
Kamala Harris sends message to Donald Trump in direct challenge to live debate
Kamala Harris directly challenged Donald Trump to a live debate, telling the former president “say it to my face” at a rally in Atlanta on Tuesday, 30 July. “Well, Donald, I do hope you’ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face,” the vice president declared as she addressed the crowd. Ms Harris, a former California attorney general, again drew on her role as a prosecutor as she explained why she was ready to take on the Republican candidate.
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 00:15
Data Analysis: Kamala Harris turns polls around in swing states — except these two
Six out of seven battleground states have seen Harris improving on Biden’s numbers, according to a set of polls by Morning Consult for Bloomberg.
The polls were carried out in seven states from July 24 to 28, with sample sizes ranging from 454 registered voters to 804 in each state.
In particular, Harris appears to have made huge jumps in Michigan and Arizona, gaining by +5 points and +4 points respectively over Biden’s last polling in early July.
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 23:45
Where Kamala Harris’s ‘White-Boy Summer’ goes from here
It’s kind of hard to ignore the fact that white guys who support Vice President Kamala Harris are having a moment.
But all the jokes about Harris’s White Boy Summer, as The Atlantic called it, underpin a more serious predicament: to win the White House, Harris will genuinely need to shore up a lot more support among white men.
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 23:15
Insiders torn on whether ‘nepo baby’ Andy Beshear should be Harris running mate
There’s a tradition of people with famous names getting into national politics by way of what John Adams called “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived,” also known as the vice presidency of the United States.
Both George HW Bush and Al Gore each served in the second-highest office in America after coming into politics as the son of a famous father, using their family reputation as a stepping-stone.
So if Kamala Harris chooses Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to be her running-mate — and if she defeats Donald Trump to become the 47th President of the United States — Beshear would find himself in good company.
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:45
Over 100 Silicon Valley tycoons back Harris’ bid for president
“VCs for Kamala” includes LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban and billionaire Chris Sacca.
“We the undersigned are Venture Capital investors, founders and tech leaders who pledge to vote for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election,” a statement on the website says.
Kelly Rissman has the story.
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 22:15