Kamala Harris calls out Donald Trump for televised debate<\/p>\n
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Kamala Harris smiled and laughed as she addressed racist remarks made by Donald Trump to Black journalists on Wednesday, describing the comments as \u201cthe same old show of divisiveness and disrespect.\u201d<\/p>\n
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 \u201cbecame a Black woman.\u201d Harris\u2019s father is from Jamaica and her mother is Indian.<\/p>\n
Delivering remarks at a Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority gathering in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday evening, she told crowds: \u201cThe American people deserve better. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe American people deserve a leader who tells the truth who does not respond with hostility when confronted with the truth\u2026that understands that our differences do not divide us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harris appearance in Texas is her second since becoming the Democrats\u2019 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.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, it was announced that Harris will make her first appearance with her choice of running mate in Philadelphia on Tuesday \u2014 though her campaign has stressed that she has not yet made a decision who that will be.<\/p>\n
1722480307Unhinged: Trump claims Kamala Harris only recently \u2018became a Black woman\u2019\u201cI didn\u2019t know she was Black,\u201d he said on Wednesday. \u201cShe happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don\u2019t know, is she Indian or is she Black? … I respect either one, but she obviously doesn\u2019t, because she was Indian all the way and all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alex Woodward reports.<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 03:45<\/p>\n
1722476707Maya Rudolph will reprise her fan-favorite SNL Kamala Harris impressionRudolph, 51, who was a regular cast member on the NBC sketch series from 2000 to 2007, made one of several returns to the show in 2019 where she debuted her portrayal of the VP.<\/p>\n
Inga Parkel has the story.<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 02:45<\/p>\n
1722474907Harris welcomes Howard men\u2019s basketball team to the White HouseGustaf Kilander1 August 2024 02:15<\/p>\n
1722473107Harris says she\u2019s \u2018honored to receive the endorsement of the United Auto Workers’Gustaf Kilander1 August 2024 01:45<\/p>\n
1722472380Harris calls Trumps remarks at NABJ \u2018the 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.<\/p>\n
Referring to Trump\u2019s presidency, she said: \u201cWe all remember what those four years were like, and today, we were given another reminder.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd let me just say the American people deserve better\u2026 The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth who does not respond with hostility when confronted with the truth\u2026that understands that our differences do not divide us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mike Bedigan1 August 2024 01:33<\/p>\n
1722471342Second Gentleman slams Trump at Maine fundraiserThe Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, slammed Trump during a fundraiser in Maine for the former president\u2019s comments about his wife\u2019s racial identity.<\/p>\n
\u201cA worse version of an already horrible person,\u201d he said regarding Trump, according to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe insults, the BS, shows a lack of character\u2014but it\u2019s a distraction,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Gustaf Kilander1 August 2024 01:15<\/p>\n
1722469507After Trump team touts \u2018demise\u2019 of Project 2025, Harris campaign calls BSWhile 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\u2019s work would continue.<\/p>\n
Continue reading…<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 00:45<\/p>\n
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Kamala Harris sends message to Donald Trump in direct challenge to live debateKamala Harris directly challenged Donald Trump to a live debate, telling the former president \u201csay it to my face\u201d at a rally in Atlanta on Tuesday, 30 July. \u201cWell, Donald, I do hope you\u2019ll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face,\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 00:15<\/p>\n
1722465907Data Analysis: Kamala Harris turns polls around in swing states \u2014 except these twoSix out of seven battleground states have seen Harris improving on Biden\u2019s numbers, according to a set of polls by Morning Consult for Bloomberg.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
In particular, Harris appears to have made huge jumps in Michigan and Arizona, gaining by +5 points and +4 points respectively over Biden\u2019s last polling in early July.<\/p>\n
Alicja Hagopian reports.<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 23:45<\/p>\n
1722464107Where Kamala Harris\u2019s \u2018White-Boy Summer\u2019 goes from hereEric Garcia writes: <\/p>\n
It\u2019s kind of hard to ignore the fact that white guys who support Vice President Kamala Harris are having a moment.<\/p>\n
But all the jokes about Harris\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Read on…<\/p>\n
Oliver O’Connell31 July 2024 23:15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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