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Byron Donalds spars with ABC host over questions about Harris' racial identity

Aug 04, 2024 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -22% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% : 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," Trump said to ABC's Rachel Scott at the NABJ.
23% : Responding to the Donalds interview on ABC, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican who has been highly critical of Trump in recent years, said the former president's attacks on Harris reflect "impulse" as opposed to a thought-out political strategy.
19% : "On Wednesday, speaking at a National Association of Black Journalists conference in Chicago, Trump suggested that Harris had only recently become Black, presumably out of political convenience.
16% : Why do you insist on questioning her racial identity?"Donalds said most of Trump's speech Saturday was not actually about Harris' racial identity, after which Stephanpoulos asked him if it was OK if Trump was only "questioning someone's racial identity for a couple minutes.
7% : Christie, who ran against Trump in the 2016 and 2024 GOP primaries, said that Trump's rhetoric reflects panic on his part and also cited his attacks Saturday on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp.

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