"Simply Lying": Marc Lamont Hill Slams Trump NABJ Interview, Attacks on VP Harris's Racial Identity
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Published 2024-08-02
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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All Comments (21)
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U can hear black people laughing when he says she woke up and decided she was black
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Mark Twain — 'Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.'
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Donald Trump was true to his personality and his base constituents.
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Sangamon County where Sonya Massey was murdered is where Lincoln is buried, Springfield, Illinois which the media seems to be keeping out of the news. Her murder happened 'just several hours away from Chicago' - which is a stretch.
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How many of our favorite journalists agree to interviews without fact checks? This explains a lot.
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In all fairness, Trump was always a White Man. Then all if a sudden, Trump took a turn and became Orange, but he was always White before.
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Who cares what your race or national is. Are you going to do what's right for America and Americans. Period.
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He donated to her twice when Harris was was running for Attorney General in California.
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One question that comes up is: How often do journalists agree to interview him and NOT fact check him? Pretty sure that’s not what they teach in journalism school
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We need to not.make it.criminal to protest our.freedoms.
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How about just identify as American? We are playing into the GOPs hands
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I just love how so many comments want to agree that the interviewers were "rude" and disrespectful in their questions that contained statements FROM trump
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When Trump speaks, he speaks to his base. Who doesn’t understand this by now? He makes the most of every opportunity.
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"AFRICA is sometimes nicknamed the "MOTHER CONTINENT" as IT'S the OLDEST INHABITED CONTINENT on EARTH." - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WEBSITE.
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# Free, Free Palestine 🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸
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Black is a colour..not a race..
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Shout out to abc Rachel Scott.
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If Donald Trump can't or won't answer a question he reframes the topic to something not related to avoid the questionl.
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What about the dead policeman,the most heavily injured policemen and the cop,who lost an eye? Well limestone was written on with red paint, and in 100 years you will still notice that. In 100 years the policeman was killed far to early in his life,the others suffered probably for the rest of their lifes pysically or by PTSD. .......but the limestone, because he´s a builder.....What about the sh.t or poopoo all over the Capitol, the demolishment inside, the heinous idea behind DTs coup d´ état ? There are countries that judge this sort of engagement with the death penalty, and in your country this man can still run free and talk every sh.t he wants, still lying and trying to incite the public against your democracy. All this with a written plan ,how to work out ,behind. I dont understand you Americans.Not the people , not the politicians, not the judges ??????????????🤯
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"I know about this stuff" LOL! How anyone can vote for this guy will always be beyond me. And NO, I didn't vote for Brandon either. ;-)
