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Vice president Kamala Harris may have ascended to the Democratic nomination in a most anti-democratic fashion – and her ethnic/ racial identification is clearly a moving target based on political opportunism – but Donald Trump‘s decision to criticize her on the latter count isn’t playing well.
At all …
In fact, Trump’s race-based remarks have seriously imperiled his chances to reclaim the American presidency in November, based on the latest predictive analytics.
During an appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual convention in Chicago, Illinois this week, Trump weighed in on Harris’ self-labeling, saying “she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage” but later “happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black.”
“She was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a black person,” Trump said.
While Trump backers were quick to drop receipts in support of the former president’s assertion that Harris was a “code-switcher,” apoplexy nonetheless ensued.
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“It was the same old show,” Harris said of Trump’s remarks. “Let me just say: The American people deserve better than Donald Trump’s divisiveness and disrespect.”
Trump’s comments had an immediate impact on the trajectory of his White House bid.
Early Thursday morning, Harris’ odds to win the White House were surging on PredictIt – which for the first time installed her as the frontrunner in the race. Harris was trading at 53 cents compared to Trump’s 49 cents – a flip from the day before, when Trump was trading at 53 cents and Harris was at 49 cents.
All together, it’s a eight-cent swing …
Just two weeks ago, Trump’s bid was trading at 69 cents following the failed attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania.
For those of you unfamiliar with this exchange, PredictIt’s values signify a “yes” price on the individual in question winning a majority of Electoral College votes following the 2024 election. Those values are part of the exchange’s “double auction” method of selling shares related to the outcome of world events.
To read more about how PredictIt’s model works, click here.
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Trump had been riding high over the past month. In addition to surviving the aforementioned assassination attempt, he had also assiduously avoided any major gaffes while the Democratic party was melting down during its prolonged soft coup against former 2024 nominee Joe Biden. The former president also seemed to have weathered Harris’ initial surge since she was anointed as the Democratic nominee-in-waiting.
Now? Trump’s campaign suddenly finds itself on the ropes.
Can he recover from his ill-advised (albeit not completely inaccurate) jab at Harris? We shall see.
Prior to the gaffe (and Democrats’ top-of-the-ticket switcheroo), Trump was enjoying surprisingly strong support among black voters. Suffice it to say, a significant portion of that backing has likely been lost over the course of the last two weeks.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Will Folks is the owner and founding editor of FITSNews. Prior to founding his own news outlet, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina, bass guitarist in an alternative rock band and bouncer at a Columbia, S.C. dive bar. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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29 comments
“… and her ethnic/ racial identification is clearly a moving target based on political opportunism”
So, racism.
Racism, misogyny and Project 2025 are the official Republican platform. That and keeping Trump out of jail. A Blue Tsunami has been steadily building since the 2018 election cycle. 2024 is were that huge Blue Tsunami comes crashing down on the failing and weird MAGA cult.
Republicans offer nothing but anti-freedom policies and a fat, demented, elderly pathological liar who openly loves authoritarian dictators. Kamala is an easy choice for real Americans who love our Democracy.
Can he recover from his ill-advised (albeit not completely inaccurate) jab at Harris? We shall see.…
MAGA morons are physically unable to not be racists. “ill-advised”? It was outrageously racist. Plain and simple.
I don’t get where Republicans are going with this. She is of Indian descent on her mother’s side and African descent on her father’s side. She’s not picking, she is both. She can identify with both ethnicities. I can assure you all those Confederate Generals Trump likes to praise and talk about would have considered her black but would not have used that term. JD Vance’s children are both Indian and White. I know MAGA has a problem with mixed-race people. But surely even the most dumb rednecks in MAGA can understand this basic concept.
After all Trump friend and fanboy, Nick Fuentes has already said JD can’t be trusted because he has a brown wife and he gave his kids names that are not “American names.” And Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, just got up on stage at his rally and said “I’m American. And unlike you, Kamala, I know who my roots are, I know where I come from.” It’s just racism on top of racism. They can’t help it. It is the base of the Cult and no one is more racist than the Cult leader.
If you are a woman, have a daughter or you are a minority you are a fool if you vote for Donald Trump. If you are not rich, you are a fool if you vote for Donald Trump. If you are a rich white guy and don’t care about anybody but yourself you should vote for Trump.
Only racists care about shit like this.
>”Vice president Kamala Harris may have ascended to the Democratic nomination in a most anti-democratic fashion”
Maybe Will needs a refresher on the concept of delegates and conventions…
Harris went to HBCU Howard. Stable genius just may have been mistaking Harris for Hailey.
When asked if JD “Mandel” would be ready to take the wheel instead of saying “yes” he said VPs don’t matter, this on the same day the braintrust of this blahg rated JD “holding”. He’s sinking and imploding like a billionaire submersible sightseeing the Titanic. Btw, I’ve been calling him a “weird little creep” for weeks now, so I take full credit for starting the weird mania sweeping the nation. You’re welcome.
I’m convinced “holding” and “rising” are merely funding metrics, whereas “falling” is reserved for Democrats and the target of Willie’s NYT best selling book from over a decade ago.
What has Harris accomplished?
You appear to have internet access. Google it. There are too many accomplishments type here, lil buddy.
Give your mother her phone back.
So you don’t know how to Google?
Weird, you’d equate internet access with your mom’s phone?
That’s MAGA for you, weird as hell.
Make America Great Again
Kamala’s has accomplished triggering MAGA idiots into a blubbering pile of racist tropes.
Thanks for the example ;-)
TDS
We know you are a TrumpDickSucker.
No need to abbreviate, lil buddy ;-)
Trump/Vance 24!
I’ll agree on Trump 24, but I don’t know that Vance has done anything that deserves that many years in jail.
Make America Great Again–Exterminate White Trash!
MAGA blog makes excuses for the blatant racism of its cult leader.
Republicans are too far gone down the rabbit hole of crime and bigotry to ever be a mainstream political party again. They’ve taken the title of weirdos away from the libertarians.
Imagine the leaders of your party being a stinky, fat, moron who is also a felon dozens of times over and his couch fucking choad of a side kick?
Fucking weird as it gets!
Just to be clear…
An “ethnic diss” is simply saying some straight up racist shit.
Hillary was a 12 point favorite the night before the election.
Yeah, but that election was rigged by the Republicans. We all know Hillary won, big.
Speaking of weirdos?
Yep. You’re running against Obama, Hillary and Biden still. Anyone still got that old cardboard cutout of Nancy Pelosi? How about Clint Eastwood’s empty chair? Hunter’s laptop? I’d bring up bigfoot or aliens just in case too.
“I don’t get it, how did Kamala win?”
There is no need for the Democrats to create any new campaign ads. Just play tapes of Trump speaking… on anything. And throw in a few J.D. Vance ones for good measure.
WEIRD, WEIRD, WEIRD!
Not gonna make a difference or change a vote .
It’s gonna be a close race . Don’t think US voters are ready for a female president which is difficult to understand
They’re not ready for another dumba$$ President. Female would be fine. Harris is a ding bat.
And your head is her belfry.
Maybe Donald should step down for the good of the pahahahahahahahaha that’s not going to happen!
JD Vance doesn’t stand a chance either, his opponent wouldn’t be a couch.
The liberal boss must have put out word for the nut jobs to start calling conservatives weird.