Trump attempts to water down his previous statements questioning Harris' race in fierce presidential debate
former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris
Former US President Donald Trump found himself in hot waters on being questioned about the claims he made regarding Vice President Kamala Harris' race during the fierce debate between the two White House contenders on Tuesday (Sep 10).
Seemingly, in an attempt to water down his previous statements where he raised questions about Kamala Harris' race asking if she was Black, Trump said that he does not care how the US vice president identifies.
“I couldn’t care less, whatever she wants to be is OK with me,” Trump said clarifying that he had read Harris “put out” that she was not Black, “then I read that she was Black.”
Responding to her Republican rival's comments, Harris expressed disappointment stating that it was a "tragedy" to witness a presidential hopeful seeking to divide the nation by inflaming racial tensions.
"I think it's a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president who has consistently, over the course of his career, attempted to use race to divide the American people," she said.
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What did Trump say?
In the month of July, the former US president had claimed that Harris was trying to mislead voters by "turning Black".
“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. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” Trump said in a controversial interaction with African American journalists in Chicago.
Dismissing the claims, the Democratic presidential candidate Harris had then said that "the same old show" of "divisiveness and disrespect" was expected from Trump.
"The American people deserve better. We deserve a leader who understands that our differences do not divide us. They are an essential source of our strength," the US vice president said.
Harris, as per news agency AFP, has consistently identified as Black and has even graduated from a historically Black university. A quick search on Google would show you that Kamala's father Donald J. Harris is of Jamaican heritage, while her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was a British citizen of Indian heritage.
(With inputs from agencies)