Trump risks losing more Black voters with Harris identity attack

[mystery-ak]

 Trump risks losing more Black voters with Harris identity attack
by Cheyanne M. Daniels - 08/03/24 6:00 AM ET

Former President Trump is facing fierce blowback from his line of attack questioning Vice President Harris’s Black identity, risking his efforts to court more Black voters in November.

The former president drew shock and outrage from members of the Black community after claiming Harris, who is biracial, had “turned Black” after identifying only as Indian for years. Harris has repeatedly referenced her Black and Indian cultural background in her years in the political spotlight.

The fallout online from the interview at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention was swift, with some experts arguing the comments will damage Trump badly with Black voters in the fall.

“I cannot imagine that this did anything but decrease Black voter opinions of Trump,” said Tabitha Bonilla, a professor at Northwestern University. “I think this is what we witnessed in reactions to his NABJ interview on social media, both among Black journalists and in #WhenITurnedBlack,” she added, referring to a hashtag that trended on the social platform X among critics of the former president.

Critics immediately took to social media to express their displeasure, and the Harris campaign issued a scathing rebuke of the former president.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4808445-trump-black-voters-kamala-harris-identity-attacks/

[mystery-ak]

Internal chaos over Trump’s appearance at National Association of Black Journalists spills out into public
Group is now in talks to hold a virtual Q&A with Vice President Kamala Harris
 By Nikolas Lanum Fox News
Published August 2, 2024 5:00pm EDT

Former President Trump’s appearance at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has created internal division among its members and the group is now in talks to hold a Q&A with Vice President Harris.

Former Ohio University journalism professor Justice B. Hill, who has been a member of the NABJ for nearly 50 years, told The Hollywood Reporter that he felt a sense of bewilderment and betrayal by his group after the Trump panel.

"It’s a mess," Hill told The Hollywood Reporter. "The whole thing came together in the past couple of days. And I hate things being not transparent. There’s controversy among members — one of the co-chairs of the Chicago convention resigned. You don’t surprise members this way. He has never spoken at our convention before. He was invited in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and he refused to come. So, why is he coming now? He’s coming now because he sees some advantage."

Hill described the panel as divisive, a sentiment echoed by other NABJ members on social media.

more
https://www.foxnews.com/media/internal-chaos-over-trumps-appearance-national-association-black-journalists-spills-out-public