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White Man Tells Black Journalists His Black Opponent Is Not Black

Trump’s appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists: The shocking Q&A session was a preview of what a face-to-face encounter with Kamala Harris would look like.

Trump’s appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists: The shocking Q&A session was a preview of what a face-to-face encounter with Kamala Harris would look like.

Former President Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists’ annual convention on Wednesday shocked audience members within its opening minutes, as the GOP presidential nominee insulted the moderators—three Black women—claiming their opening question was asked in a “horrible manner.” “You don’t even say, hello, how are you?” Trump said, taking clear offense to a question about his record of denigrating Black people.

And then, it only got worse.

“Are you with ABC?” Trump continued. “Because I think they’re a fake news network, a terrible network, and I think it’s disgraceful that I came here in good spirit.”

The tense exchange instantly set the tone of the question-and-answer session that featured Trump attacking Vice President Kamala Harris with racist characterizations. “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,” Trump said.

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