Kamala Harris responds to Trump's shock claim he 'didn't know' she was black while urging historic African American sorority to 'fight for our future'

Kamala Harris has responded to Donald Trump's Wednesday rant wherever he claimed she 'happened to move black' a fewer years ago.

Taking nan shape astatine nan Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.'s 60th International Biennial Boulé in Houston, Harris addressed nan question and reply hours before, wherever Trump insisted that 'all of a sudden, she made a turn'.

His comments came astatine a gathering of achromatic journalists successful Chicago, arsenic an interviewer asked him whether he agreed pinch Republican sentiment that his rival a 'DEI hire.'

Asking nan journalist 'to specify DEI', he went connected to mobility Harris's heritage.

The Vice President, successful turn, said 'the American group merit better,' successful a reside that besides urged nan African-American sorority to 'fight' because 'there is truthful overmuch astatine stake.'  

'This day Donald Trump said astatine nan yearly gathering of nan National Association of Black Journalists', Harris said during her speech.   

'And it was nan aforesaid aged show: nan divisiveness and nan disrespect.

'Let maine conscionable say, nan American group merit better. 

'A leader who tells nan truth,' she went on. 'Who does not respond pinch hostility and anger erstwhile confronted pinch nan facts. We merit a leader who understands our differences do not disagreement us.

'They are an basal root of our strength,' she added.

She appeared to effort to enactment supra nan fray seen since nan interview, however, electing to not straight quote it aliases mention to nan comments aired by nan blimpish earlier successful nan day.

Instead, she proceed to talk down her competitor and his long-finished statesmanlike term, which she framed arsenic unsuccessful and thing to beryllium near successful nan rearview. 

The sorority she said to is simply a personnel of nan 'Divine Nine,' a group of distinguished achromatic sororities and fraternities that person rushed to ballot connected Harris's behalf.

Harris frankincense thanked them for getting her and Biden elected, and suggested they person nan powerfulness to do it again travel November.

'I judge successful nan committedness of America. And aren't truthful galore of america empirical grounds of nan committedness of America,' Harris, who is simply a personnel of a different Divine Nine sorority, said. 

'Greater work brings greater progress,' she continued, earlier listing immoderate of nan historical sorority's accomplishments.

'You helped elite Joe Biden arsenic nan president of nan United States and maine arsenic nan first female Vice President of nan United States.' 

'Our federation needs you,' she went on.

Vowing to return connected large pharma, landlords, large banks, and corporations and champion nan mediate class, she defiantly declared: 'We are not going back.'

Harris besides said of nan alleged 'promise of America' - 1 that she said consists of 'greater work and greater progress.'

She addressed nan existent cost-of-living situation and concepts for illustration adjacent salary for women, earlier concisely rubbing connected nan elephant successful nan room - Trump's arguable comments.

It started erstwhile ABC's Rachel Scott, seated other nan Republican, mentioned really a batch of group didn't deliberation it was due for him to beryllium in Chicago considering his past comments astir group of color, including Indian-American Nikki Haley.

‘First of each I don’t deliberation I’ve ever been asked a mobility successful specified a horrible manner,’ Trump told Scott, calling nan journalist 'nasty' and 'hostile' successful a unintentional ode to his 2016 campaign. 

‘You don’t moreover opportunity hullo really are you?’ Trump went on, earlier slamming ABC arsenic a 'fake news network.'

‘I came present successful bully spirit. I emotion nan achromatic organization of this country,’ he continued.

'I deliberation it's a very rude introduction. I don’t cognize precisely why you would do thing for illustration that,' he said.

That's erstwhile he offered his contentious comments astir Harris, aft besides being asked if he felt it due to mention to her arsenic a 'DEI hire' arsenic respective Republicans already have.

Among different things, he appeared to falsely declare Harris did not thin into her achromatic personality until it became beneficial to do so.

'She was ever of Indian practice and she was only promoting Indian heritage,' Trump said. 

'I didn’t cognize she was achromatic until a number of years agone erstwhile she happened to move black. 

'And now she wants to beryllium known arsenic black. So I don’t know. Is she Indian aliases is she black?

'Someone should look into that,' he concluded, to a operation of laughs and jeers - nan second outweighing nan former.

'I respect either one, but she evidently doesn’t.'

Scott pointed retired that Harris has ever identified arsenic Black, earlier asking if agreed pinch his contemporaries that Harris was a 'DEI hire.' 

Seemingly feigning confusion, nan blimpish countered, 'I really don’t cognize - could be', earlier being met pinch a chorus of boos.

Later on, aft nan interview's conclusion, Trump further claimed connected Truth Social: 'Crazy Kamala is saying she’s Indian, not Black. 

'This is simply a large deal,' he continued. 'Stone acold phony. She uses everybody, including her group identity!'

Harris went connected to rumor her ain connection successful consequence to nan question and reply - 1 akin to nan mini conception of her Houston speech.

'The hostility Donald Trump showed connected shape coming is nan aforesaid hostility he has shown passim his life, passim his word successful office, and passim his run for president arsenic he seeks to regain power,' she wrote.

'Trump lobbed individual attacks and insults astatine achromatic journalists nan aforesaid measurement he did passim his presidency – while he grounded achromatic families and near nan full state digging retired of nan ditch he near america in. 

She added really Trump, pinch his comments to nan property and connected societal media, 'has already proven he cannot merge America.

'[S]o he attempts to disagreement us,' she said.

'Today’s tirade is simply a sensation of nan chaos and section that has been a hallmark of Trump’s MAGA rallies this full campaign. 

'It’s besides precisely what nan American group will spot from crossed nan statement shape arsenic Vice President Harris offers a imagination of opportunity and state for each Americans,' she added, issuing yet different situation to nan GOP candidate. 

'All Donald Trump needs to do is extremity playing games and really show up to nan statement connected September 10.'

Press caput Karine Jean-Pierre, a achromatic woman, added that Trump's remark were 'insulting.' and that arsenic vice president, Harris deserves 'respect.'

'No 1 has immoderate correct to show personification who they are, really they identify,' Jean-Pierre said.  

Shaking her caput arsenic NBC's Peter Alexander publication aloud Trump's words, she added 'What you conscionable publication retired to me, is repulsive.

'It's insulting for anybody - it doesn't matter if it's a overseas leader aliases erstwhile president - it is insulting.

'She is nan Vice President of nan United States, Kamala Harris. We person to put immoderate respect connected her name.' 

Trump, meanwhile, told Scott earlier successful nan day:  'I came present successful bully spirit. I emotion nan achromatic organization of this country

Before leaving, he offered immoderate memorable parting words.

'I person been nan champion president for nan achromatic organization since Abraham Lincoln.'

As for Harris, she promised successful her reside to reverse nan caller nixing of Roe v. Wade pinch a caller law, while daring a hesitant to statement Trump yet again, 'Bring it on.' 

She said she will beryllium astatine ABC’s September 10 statement - to which Trump and President Joe Biden had some already agreed - sloppy of Trump’s attendance.