WATCH: Harris says Trump’s hostile NABJ interview was ‘same old show’ of divisiveness

Vice President Kamala Harris responded Wednesday to former President Donald Trump’s false suggestion that she misled voters about her race, saying “the American people deserve better.”
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Speaking at the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.’s 60th International Biennial Boule in Houston, Harris drew knowing chuckles from the audience as she mentioned Trump’s comments earlier in the day at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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Trump’s appearance immediately became heated as he sparred with interviewer Rachel Scott of ABC News, accusing her of giving him a “very rude introduction” with a tough first question about his past criticism of Black people and Black journalists.
“I think it’s disgraceful,” Trump said. “I came here in good spirit. I love the Black population of this country. I’ve done so much for the Black population of this country.”
Later in the interview, Trump falsely claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, had in the past only promoted her Indian heritage.

“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. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” Trump said.
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As an undergraduate, Harris attended Howard University, one of the nation’s most prominent historically Black institutions, where she also pledged the historically Black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha. As a U.S. senator, Harris was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
“It was the same old show,” Harris said of Trump’s comments. “The divisiveness and the disrespect.”
“Our differences do not divide us, they are an essential source of our strength,” Harris added. “The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth, a leader who does not respond with hostility and anger when confronted with the facts.”