Donald Trump wrongly suggested Vice President Kamala Harris misled voters about her race when he appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago.
The former Republican president falsely claimed Wednesday at the organization’s annual convention that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American vice president, had only promoted her Indian heritage in the past.
Trump’s interview, a source of controversy even before it took place, was notably contentious, largely because of his response to pointed questioning by ABC News’ Rachel Scott. The appearance the members of the group split up.
Harris said Trump’s comments about her race were “the same old story” and highlighted the need for black women to organize for his defeat in November.
Trump did not repeat his claims at a rally later Wednesday in Pennsylvania. He also repeatedly mispronounced Harris’ first name. Before he took the stage, Trump’s team displayed on a large screen what appeared to be years-old news headlines describing her as the “first Indian-American senator.”
Harris and her Democratic allies are increasingly branding Trump and his running mate, U.S. Senator JD Vance, as as “strange.” As Vance’s troubled rollout continues, Trump also finds himself in the position this week of defending someone else’s controversial comments.
About 8 in 10 Democrats say they would be somewhat or very satisfied if Harris were the Democratic presidential nominee, according to a study by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that several of the leading candidates for the role are largely unknown to voters.
The survey, conducted after President Joe Biden announced he was dropping out of the race and Harris became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, highlights the strengths and weaknesses different politicians can bring to the ballot box.
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as a prospect with greater name recognition — and higher popularity, particularly among Democrats. And others, like Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, while lesser known nationally, could draw on a deeper well of support in their home states and regions.
from Tennessee primaries thursday will decide whether Rep. Gloria Johnson, who rose to national prominence after surviving a Republican-led impeachment attempt for her participation in a gun control protest, will become the Democratic nominee in a fall contest for the seat of Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who must first win her own primary.
Last year, a few days after a school shooting, three children and three adults killedJohnson, who is white, followed two black Democratic representatives, Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, to the front of the statehouse floor with a bullhorn. The trio joined chants and shouts for gun control legislation from protesters in the public galleries and outside the chamber.
They were called the “Tennessee Three.” Pearson and Jones were ousted and later reinstated. Johnson was spared from ouster by one vote, noting that this was probably because she was white. Republicans denied that race was a factor.
Whoever advances in the Democratic primary will be competing in a state where only GOP candidates have been elected at the state level for nearly two decades.
A Republican election official lost his primary race this week in Maricopa County, Arizona, an outcome that could have a major impact on the way voters vote in one of the country’s biggest battleground states.
County Recorder Stephen Richer lost to state lawmaker Justin Heap, who is running against Democrat Tim Stringham in November. Richer had battled death threats, near-constant intimidation and torrents of misinformation during his nearly four years overseeing elections in Arizona’s most populous county.
Richer will remain in office until the November election, but his departure early next year will end a term plagued by controversy. His office splits election duties with the county board of supervisors and has had to fend off attacks over the results of the Presidential Election 2020like former President Donald Trump and his allies wrongly claimed that widespread fraud cost him the race.
The protest by a group of Republican lawmakers, local officials and activists escalated into protests and threats, reviving the campaign for his impeachment.