White House calls Donald Trump 'repulsive' for saying Kamala Harris 'became a black person'

The White House slammed Donald Trump connected Wednesday for his comments connected Kamala Harris' race, saying his allegation she 'became a achromatic person' was 'repulsive.'

Press caput Karine Jean-Pierre led nan consequence from President Joe Biden's administration. Jean-Pierre, a achromatic woman, said Trump's remark was 'insulting.' She besides said, arsenic vice president, Harris deserves 'respect.'

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

Trump, successful a confrontational, testy question and reply astatine nan National Association of Black Journalist conference, many times questioned Harris' group origins. His comments resulted successful gasps from nan assemblage of achromatic reporters and push backmost from nan journalists connected shape questioning him.

Trump started disconnected nan question and reply pinch a jab astatine Harris, his Democratic rival: 'She was Indian each nan measurement and past each of a abrupt she made a move and she went, she became a Black person. I deliberation personification should look into that.' 

Harris' mother is South Indian and her begetter is from Jamacia. The vice president has ever identified arsenic some South Asian and black. 

'I respect either one. But she evidently doesn't. Because she was Indian each nan measurement and past each of a abrupt she made a move and she went – she became a achromatic person,' Trump said, a time aft Harris attended a rally successful Atlanta pinch salient achromatic lawmakers and cheering supporters. 

'And now she wants to beryllium known arsenic Black. So I don't know, is she Indian aliases is she Black?' he said of Harris, who is nan first Black, female, and South-Asian-heritage vice president successful US history.

During Jean-Pierre's property briefing, NBC's Peter Alexander publication aloud Trump's words and asked nan property caput for her reaction.

'Wow,' Jean-Pierre said.

She shook her caput arsenic Alexander publication Trump's words.

'What you conscionable publication retired to me, is repulsive, is insulting,' Jean-Pierre said.

She went connected to add: '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.'

Harris' run condemned his remarks.

'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,' said run communications head Michael Tyler. 

'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.' 

Trump was successful a fiery temper erstwhile he sat down with ABC News newsman Rachel Scott, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner, and Semafor newsman Kadia Goba.

The question and reply started almost an hr precocious for conflicting reasons. 

There were reports nan erstwhile president was unhappy pinch nan NABJ for truth checking his comments successful existent time. Trump claimed it was because nan convention organizers had audio instrumentality problems.

His comments during nan question and reply sparked fury among achromatic reporters. 

Karen Attiah, a co-chair of this year's NABJ normal who resigned aft Trump's quality was announced, wrote connected X during his interview: 'Oh my God. Oh my god.'

'I americium truthful angry correct now. N.A.B.J., this was a colossal mistake,' she added later.

April Ryan, a salient achromatic journalist who covers nan White House and tangled pinch Trump erstwhile he was president, wrote: 'Trump came into our home, a Black Press defense convention, and insulted america successful our face. What is worse he was invited to do this by NABJ leadership. Shame!' 

Trump was besides unhappy pinch reports Harris would beryllium allowed to reside nan group virtually.

Originally some contenders were invited to look successful person. When Harris' squad said she could only do it virtually, organizers said no.

But erstwhile achromatic journalists attending nan convention expressed their outrage that Trump would reside them but Harris - who would beryllium nan first female achromatic president if elected - would not, Harris was invited to do truthful via zoom. 

Trump reacted successful fury to nan news, noting he was told he had to alert to Chicago.

'They told maine and Crazy Kamala Harris that you could not do this Event pinch ZOOM — It is not allowed aliases acceptable! She declined, and I americium getting fresh to onshore successful Chicago successful bid to beryllium there. Now I americium told that she is doing nan Event connected ZOOM. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?,' he wrote connected Truth Social.

All of it made for a visibly irritated Trump.

He has played nan title paper before, notably backmost successful nan Barack Obama era erstwhile he promoted a racist birther conspiracy astir nan erstwhile president.

Trump made a sanction for himself successful nationalist authorities erstwhile he falsely claimed Obama was calved successful Kenya. 

At his quality successful Chicago connected Wednesday, Trump was angry retired of nan gate.

ABC's Rachel Scott, who asked him nan first question, probed him astir nan concerns achromatic journalists had astir his appearance, noting he has criticized achromatic reporters successful nan past. 

'First of each I don't deliberation I've ever been asked a mobility successful specified a horrible manner,' Trump told Scott.

'You don't moreover opportunity hullo really are you?' Trump lectured, calling ABC a 'fake news network.'

'I came present successful bully spirit. I emotion nan achromatic organization of this country,' he said.

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

And he offered this: 'I person been nan champion president for nan achromatic organization since Abraham Lincoln.'