Speaking at a historically Black sorority event in Houston on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris called former President Donald Trump divisive and disrespectful in response to recent attacks on her race.
In her speech at the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority’s biennial Boule, Harris said, “The American people deserve better.”
“The American people deserve a leader who speaks the truth,” Harris continued. “A leader who does not respond with hostility and anger when confronted with the facts. We deserve a leader who understands that our differences do not divide us. It is an essential source of our strength.”
Before the event, Trump that day ridiculed Harris’ heritage as the first Black and Indian American vice president during an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago. Trump falsely claimed that Harris did not “embrace” her Black identity until it became politically advantageous to do so.
Article originally published in English by The Texas Tribune.
“She was always of Indian descent and she was just promoting Indian descent,” Trump said. “I didn’t know she was black until a few years ago when she became black. And now she wants to be known as black. So I don’t know. Is she Indian or is she black? I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t.”
ABC News’ Rachel Scott, who was one of the moderators of the interview, noted that Harris has always identified as black and attended Howard University, a historically black college. Asked if he felt Harris was a “DEI hire,” as several of his fellow Republicans have said, Trump said, “I really don’t know. She could be.”
On Wednesday night in Houston, Harris responded: “It was the same old show. Division and disrespect. And let me say that the American people deserve better.”
Harris’ visit to Houston was part of her third trip to Texas in July. She was in Houston earlier last week to attend a briefing on the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl and deliver a speech at the American Federation of Teachers national convention. Harris also visited Dallas earlier this month to speak at Alpha Kappa Alpha’s annual convention..
In her speech at the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority’s biennial Boule, Harris said, “The American people deserve better.”
“The American people deserve a leader who speaks the truth,” Harris continued. “A leader who does not respond with hostility and anger when confronted with the facts. We deserve a leader who understands that our differences do not divide us. It is an essential source of our strength.”
Before the event, Trump that day ridiculed Harris’ heritage as the first Black and Indian American vice president during an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago. Trump falsely claimed that Harris did not “embrace” her Black identity until it became politically advantageous to do so.
Article originally published in English by The Texas Tribune.
“She was always of Indian descent and she was just promoting Indian descent,” Trump said. “I didn’t know she was black until a few years ago when she became black. And now she wants to be known as black. So I don’t know. Is she Indian or is she black? I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t.”
ABC News’ Rachel Scott, who was one of the moderators of the interview, noted that Harris has always identified as black and attended Howard University, a historically black college. Asked if he felt Harris was a “DEI hire,” as several of his fellow Republicans have said, Trump said, “I really don’t know. She could be.”
On Wednesday night in Houston, Harris responded: “It was the same old show. Division and disrespect. And let me say that the American people deserve better.”
Harris’ visit to Houston was part of her third trip to Texas in July. She was in Houston earlier last week to attend a briefing on the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl and deliver a speech at the American Federation of Teachers national convention. Harris also visited Dallas earlier this month to speak at Alpha Kappa Alpha’s annual convention..
