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☆ 'I love my black job': Simone Biles appears to take a jab at Trump after Olympic win
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Simone Biles loves her 'Black job.' "Simone Biles being the GOAT, winning Gold medals and dominating gymnastics is her black job," Davila wrote. "I love my black job," Biles responded, adding a black heart emoji. On Wednesday at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, Trump was asked to define what a "black job" is. "A black job is anybody that has a job, that's what it is.

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☆ A 'prosecutor' vs. 'weak': The battle intensifies to define Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Yamiche Alcindor | Yamiche Alcindor Is An Nbc News Washington Correspondent. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +14 min

Harris’ campaign rallies are a clear change from those held by President Joe Biden, the man she is replacing at the top of the Democratic ticket. So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump’s type.”But the Trump campaign is rushing to define Harris differently. “She knows this is going to be a very close race,” Julie Chávez Rodríguez, Harris’ campaign manager, said in an interview. Chávez Rodríguez and Harris have been close for nearly a decade, since Chávez Rodríguez first took a job as state director for Harris’ Senate office in 2016. The Harris campaign has launched a website advertising more than five dozen jobs.

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After the NABJ appearance, Trump posted on social media, "Crazy Kamala is saying she’s Indian, not Black. Trump also said during that election cycle that he didn't believe Clinton had "the look" to be president. 'Dumb as a rock'The day after Biden threw his support behind Harris, Trump put up a social media post calling her "Dumb as a Rock." Trump pushes baseless birther claimsOn Thursday, Trump shared a post by far right-activist Laura Loomer that said Harris is "NOT black and never has been." The people in the background know it, the people who know her know it, and she’s like an unbalanced person.”

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☆ 'I love my black job': Simone Biles takes apparent swipe at Trump after winning Olympics gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Biles' post on the social media platform X seemed to reference Trump's recent controversial comments that immigrants are "taking Black jobs." The Republican presidential nominee had said, "They're taking Black jobs now and it could be 18, it could be 19 and even 20 million people," during his June 27 debate against President Joe Biden. "They're taking Black jobs, and they're taking Hispanic jobs, and you haven't seen it yet, but you're going to see something that's going to be the worst in our history," Trump said. Data does not support Trump's claim that immigrants are "taking" jobs from American workers. With nine Olympic medals, six of them gold, Biles is the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history.

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☆ Trump promises lower interest rates. But he doesn't have that power
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Jessica Dickler | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

At the National Association of Black Journalists' annual convention in Chicago on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump said inflation and high interest rates are "destroying our country." The Republican presidential nominee said if elected, he would "bring interest rates way down." The president, however, exerts no direct control over interest rates. The Federal Reserve sets interest rates, and it operates independently of the White House. Once that rate comes down, consumers may see their borrowing costs fall as well.

Persons: Donald Trump, Harris, Kamala Harris Organizations: National Association of Black Journalists, Republican, Federal Reserve, White, Federal, Finance Locations: Chicago , Illinois, U.S, Chicago

☆ Trump Cites Opportunity Zones as a Triumph. Their Success Is Middling.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Lydia Depillis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“This was one of Birmingham’s white-whale buildings,” Mr. Flachsbart said of a former Red Cross office that had been renovated into 192 rental residences. (“One of the greatest programs ever for Black workers and Black entrepreneurs,” he called the incentive in an appearance this week at a National Association of Black Journalists conference.) But the relatively low-income areas covered by the incentive, known as opportunity zones, didn’t benefit equally. On Mr. Flachsbart’s tour of new projects in downtown Birmingham, the stops dry up in the historically African American northwest quadrant. There, developable lots and vacant buildings haven’t received as much of the capital flowing toward the buzzier parts of downtown.

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☆ Harris' running mate search nears the finish line: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In today’s edition, we report on how Vice President Kamala Harris' search for a running mate is nearing the finish line. Harris' VP search nears the endBy Yamiche Alcindor, Julie Tsirkin and Rebecca ShabadThe vetting team for Vice President Kamala Harris has met with six potential running mates as her selection process nears its end, two sources familiar with the campaign said. Shapiro met with Harris’ vetting team on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the meeting. The vice president was not present, the source said. Read more →The Democratic National Committee’s virtual roll call to officially nominate Harris for president began at 9 a.m.

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☆ Trump’s hostility to Black journalists renews questions over how news media should cover his rhetoric
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Donald Trump on Wednesday took the stage before a divided National Association of Black Journalists conference. Trump unleashed a barrage of vicious attacks on Kamala Harris, absurdly questioning her Black identity (she is indeed Black). And his hostility toward Black journalists asking tough questions is also nothing new. That was not the case on Wednesday at the NABJ conference. Video Ad Feedback She interviewed Trump during Black journalists conference.

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☆ Vance defends Trump over former president’s false claims about Harris’ racial identity
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Eric Bradner | Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

I think it’s totally reasonable for the president to call that out, and that’s all he did,” Vance said. Trump’s remarks are false – Harris, who was born in Oakland, California, and attended the historically Black Howard University in Washington, has never downplayed her racial identity. “And I think it’s because bad guys all over the world recognize Donald Trump’s about to be back in office, so they’re cleaning house. It would not have solved any of the problems that Kamala Harris has caused.”He said the Biden administration should instead take executive action. “They just need to empower Border Patrol to tell people who want to come in illegally, ‘You’re not allowed to do that.’ They just need to use the authority that the border czar, Kamala Harris, has.”

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☆ Opinion | What Trump Means When He Mispronounces ‘Kamala’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( John Mcwhorter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, Donald Trump has been invoking her name a lot. Harris pronounces it “KA-ma-la.” Trump, however, has often been pronouncing it “Ka-MA-la” or even “KUH-ma-la.” He did it again yesterday at the convention of the National Association of Black Journalists. He insists he doesn’t care one way or another (though after audience members voiced their disapproval, he shifted his emphasis to the first syllable). But while so many of us have learned from our mistakes, Trump has defiantly not, and his acolytes have joined right in. The fact that the name is pronounced in different ways — though I’d challenge Trump to come up with seven — hardly means that none is correct.

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Ms. Harris told The Washington Post in 2019 that she had long been comfortable with her racial identity. Ms. Harris joined Alpha Kappa Alpha, a sorority for Black women, at Howard University, a historically Black university. Ms. Harris failed California’s bar exam on her first attempt in July 1989, according to her autobiography, and received a letter in November that she had failed, “to my utter devastation.” While she did not address her subsequent exams in the book, Ms. Harris was admitted to the bar in June 1990. Mr. Trump is taking outsize credit. It is also worth noting that Mr. Trump did not request the increased funding that the schools received.

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☆ Trump’s comments about Harris’ race kicks off a new – yet familiar – chapter in the 2024 presidential campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Wednesday’s interview-turned-confrontation with reporters at a convention of Black journalists in Chicago made perfectly clear that nothing has changed. Trump’s remarks, he told donors in Maine Wednesday, put on display “a worse version of an already horrible person.”But he also cautioned against focusing too narrowly on the former president’s words. His reaction – his attack on Harris – was largely unprompted and strayed from the reporters’ line of questioning. North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer took a different tack, dismissing Trump’s remarks as “satire,” but also suggesting it was “not wise” politically to raise the issue. He promised he’s gonna have a woman of color.”Biden pledged to choose a woman as his running mate in 2020, not a woman of color.

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Former President Donald J. Trump in a conversation with reporters at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago. Credit... Akilah Townsend for The New York Times

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☆ Trump says Harris "happened to turn Black" in attack on her race
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Erica Star Domena | Tamara Lindstrom | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Donald Trump criticized Kamala Harris, saying she claimed Black heritage after being "Indian all the way" at the National Association of Black Journalists' annual conference. Trump's comments drew rebukes from crowd members and Harris herself. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account?

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☆ Donald Trump’s Attack on Kamala Harris’s Racial Identity - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Trump’s combative and disrespectful appearance before an audience of Black journalists displayed the decades-old obsession with racial identity that helped catapult him into national prominence and that continues to define his appeal to the prejudices of some of his most loyal supporters. Disparaging his opponents’ name, appearance, intelligence and gender has always been Mr. Trump’s signature weapon in his grievance-dominated political career. Roger HirschbergSouth Burlington, Vt.To the Editor:Donald Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists was a huge success — for him. In trademark fashion, he made outrageous comments not to persuade but to change the focus from the surging candidacy of Kamala Harris onto him. It worked when he questioned Barack Obama’s birth certificate, as it is working now with his questioning of Kamala Harris’s racial identity.

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☆ Trump Promises Lower Interest Rates, but the President Doesn’t Control Those
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Jeanna Smialek | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump, the Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential race, promised lower interest rates — which a president does not actually control — if he is elected. Asked on Wednesday what he would do on “Day 1” of a new presidency during a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, Mr. Trump said one priority would be to “drill, baby, drill,” the shorthand tagline he has adopted for promoting oil and gas production in the United States. “I bring energy way down, I bring, interest rates are down, I bring inflation way down,” Mr. Trump expanded. The president exerts no direct control over interest rates. The Federal Reserve sets a key policy rate, which then trickles out to influence borrowing costs across the economy, and the Fed is independent from the White House.

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Just hours after former President Donald J. Trump made false assertions about her racial identity, Vice President Kamala Harris had an extraordinary opportunity to respond. With careful precision, the vice president acknowledged his statements, made at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, and condemned his behavior. But although she often casts herself as a fighter eager to confront Mr. Trump, she showed restraint on Wednesday, refusing to engage in a debate with a white man critiquing her Blackness. “It was the same old show,” she said. And let me just say, the American people deserve better.”

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☆ Kamala Harris said Trump's remarks, where he said she 'happened to turn Black,' were 'the same old show' of disrespect
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris responded to former President Donald Trump's remarks at the NABJ convention. Trump had tense exchanges with journalists and claimed Harris "happened to turn Black." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementVice President Kamala Harris responded to remarks made by former President Donald Trump at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago on Wednesday. Trump claimed that Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican heritage, had recently "happened to turn Black."

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☆ Trump said having JD Vance as his VP will have 'virtually no impact' on the race. Political scientists say otherwise.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewDuring a chaotic and sometimes combative interview at the National Association of Black Journalists conference on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump said vice presidents have "virtually no impact." "Historically, the vice president — in terms of the election — does not have any impact. The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections." AdvertisementHe said that they act as "attack dogs" on behalf of the presidential candidate and work to drum up support for them. For those who do become vice president, history shows they can play a meaningful role in governing.

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☆ Opinion | On Turning Black
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Esau Mccaulley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rather than condemn his party’s increasingly troubling language on the topic, Mr. Trump took the opportunity to question Ms. Harris’s racial identity. “She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” he said. “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. Ms. Harris graduated from Howard University, a historically Black university, and she is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a historically Black sorority. Does Mr. Trump really expect interracial people to deny half of their families?

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Donald Trump participates in a question and answer session at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois on July 31. Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, drew gasps on Wednesday when he said at the National Association of Black Journalists convention that Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, had suddenly adopted a Black identity. Trump claimed: “I’ve known her a long time, indirectly, not directly very much, and she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. Harris graduated in 1986 from Howard University, a historically Black institution where she was a member of a historically Black sorority. After that, she was elected president of the association of Black law students in her second year at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, according to her 2019 memoir.

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☆ Trump to speak at Black journalists convention, as Harris erases his lead in polls
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024. Donald Trump is set to field reporters' questions at the National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention in Chicago on Wednesday, as he re-tools his presidential campaign to combat his likely rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. The Republican nominee's Q&A before a live convention audience is expected to focus on the biggest issues facing the Black community, NABJ said. The event gives Trump, who won just 12% of Black voters in his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden, an opportunity to directly appeal to voters of color. The decision by NABJ, the nation's largest association of journalists of color, to host Trump quickly spurred a backlash both inside and outside the group.

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☆ Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris ‘happened to turn Black’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Eric Bradner | Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Wednesday that his 2024 Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, “happened to turn Black” a few years ago, saying that “all of a sudden, she made a turn” in her identity. 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?” the former president said. You have attacked Black journalists, calling them a ‘loser,’ saying the questions they ask are, quote, ‘stupid’ and ‘racist.’ You’ve had dinner with a White supremacist at your Mar-a-Lago resort. You’re voting for the president,” Trump said.

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☆ Trumps lies to Black journalist convention crowd and says Kamala Harris 'happened to turn Black' a few years ago
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Vice President Kamala Harris, falsely claiming that the first Black female vice president had just recently "turned Black." I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black. Related stories"My mother understood very well that she was raising two black daughters," Harris wrote in her autobiography, "The Truths We Hold." Advertisement"What you just read out to me is repulsive," Jean-Pierre said when Trump's statement was read to her. Harris' campaign responded by calling out "the hostility" Trump showed during the interview.

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☆ Trump Questioned Harris’s Racial Identity
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump questioned Kamala Harris’s identity as a Black woman today in front of an audience of Black journalists. “She was Indian all the way, and then, all of a sudden, she made a turn, and she went, she became a Black person,” he said of Harris, whose mother is Indian American and whose father is Black. The Harris campaign condemned Trump’s remarks and the White House called his comments “repulsive.”From start to finish, Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists convention was contentious. The event — one of the most unusual appearances of the presidential campaign so far — was an opportunity for Trump to stake his claim to Black voters that he has insisted he can win over, even as he runs against the first Black woman ever nominated by a major party. But it was not clear he succeeded.

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