How Trump's attacks on Kamala Harris's Black heritage are reviving racist 'birther' conspiracy theories

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : "The lawyer that wrote that piece is a very qualified, very talented lawyer," Trump said at the time.
42% : "Trump didn't stop after leaving the stage in Chicago.
36% : "Senator Kevin Cramer told reporters on Thursday that he didn't believe Trump was "doubting her Blackness" but "making fun of the fact that she chooses it when it's convenient, and chooses another race when that's convenient.
35% : "I didn't know she was Black," Trump told a panel of Black journalists on Wednesday.
34% : Trump is blacker than [Harris] will ever be!"
26% : "Trump infamously promoted a bogus conspiracy theory that his predecessor was not born in the US, igniting a "birther" movement that relied on Islamophobia and anti-Black racism.
12% : The former president's allies have seized on his unhinged remarks by reviving racist "birther" claims that Trump has repeatedly used to undermine his opponents' ethnic backgrounds, when he suggested that Harris wasn't "born in this country" during the 2020 election and years earlier doubted whether Barack Obama was a US citizen by demanding to see his birth certificate.
6% : "In 2020, when Harris was announced as Joe Biden's running mate, Trump and his allies spread false claims that Harris was not a US citizen and ineligible to serve as vice president because of her parents' nationalities.

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