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Trump Gets Combative in Interview at Black Journalists’ Conference, Drawing Jeers for Questioning Harris’s Ancestry

At one point, the former president said Vice President Harris ‘all of a sudden’ became Black.

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President Trump with ABC's Rachel Scott, Fox News's Harris Faulkner, and Semafor's Nadia Goba at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, July 31, 2024, at Chicago. AP/Charles Rex Arbogast
MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

In a combative interview with three reporters from the National Association of Black Journalists, President Trump dodged pivotal questions about what he hopes to accomplish in a second term, and at one point claimed that Vice President Harris became Black “all of a sudden” for political purposes. 

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MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

Mr. Rice, based in the nation's capital, covers current events in politics.

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