"Simply Lying": Marc Lamont Hill Slams Trump NABJ Interview, Attacks on VP Harris's Racial Identity

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We speak with journalist Marc Lamont Hill amid Donald Trump's ongoing attacks on the racial identity of Vice President Kamala Harris. The Republican presidential nominee was interviewed this week at the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, where he claimed Harris "happened to turn Black" for political expediency, even though she has always been open about her Jamaican and Indian American parents and identifies as both Black and South Asian. Following backlash to his comments, Trump dug in and continued to attack Harris on social media for supposedly obscuring her heritage, while Trump's running mate JD Vance, whose wife Usha is Indian American, defended the remarks. "I wish I could say I was shocked or disappointed. This is exactly what Donald Trump does," says Hill, who is a member of the NABJ. "He demonstrated all the misogynistic and racist and patriarchal sensibilities that we would expect from Donald Trump. And, of course, he spent a lot of that time simply lying."

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1. Marc Lamont Hill is absolutely right

(From Democracy Now)

After being asked a question by Rachel Scott at the annual convention of the NAACP,
Here's how Diaper Boy began to answer the question:
"Well first of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question so -- in such a horrible manner, a first question. You don't even say, 'Hello, how are you?' Are you with ABC?"

Rachel Hill asked Stinky about his promise to pardon all the Jan. 6 rioters who he calls "patriots"
"You called them patriots. One hundred and forty police officers were assaulted that day. Their injuries included broken bones. At least one officer lost an eye..One had two cracked ribs, (and) two smashed spinal discs. Another had a stroke.
Were the people who assaulted those 140 officers, including those just mentioned, patriots who deserve pardons?"

Trump couldn't answer the question.






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