Trump goes Birther on Kamala Harris: "I heard it today, that she doesn’t meet the requirements,"

Trump led the racist Birther movement during Obama's term

Donald Trump is determined to show that he is America’s Maximum Racist. 

Democrats hammer Trump for entertaining false birther theory about Harris

BY BRETT SAMUELS 

Trump at a news conference was asked about an op-ed in Newsweek that was shared by an adviser to his campaign that raised the possibility Harris, who was born in Oakland, Calif., to immigrant parents, does not meet the requirements to hold the office.

"I just heard that. I heard it today, that she doesn’t meet the requirements," he said. "And by the way, the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highly qualified, talented lawyer.

"I have no idea if that’s right. I would have assumed the Democrats would have checked that out before she gets chosen to run for vice president," he continued. "I don’t know about it. I just heard about it. I’ll take a look."

Trump was referencing a Newsweek column by John Eastman, a conservative attorney who called into question the citizenship status of Harris's parents at the time of her birth. The column was retweeted by Jenna Ellis, a Trump campaign adviser.

Harris is eligible to hold the office of vice president. She is the first woman of color to be named to a major party's presidential ticket.

Disgusting, but not surprising. 

This is how Trump does his birther lying - just-asking-questions, maybe-true-maybe-not, check-it-out. It’s garbage. https://t.co/jxYnNx4yCG

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 13, 2020

White supremacy is a belief system based on the idea that ppl of color, esp Black ppl, are fundamentally illegitimate as equal citizens or human beings.

Calling into question the citizenship of elected officials of color, esp when the answer is obvious, is one way it manifests.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 13, 2020

Oh look, @realDonaldTrump doubling down on racism again, this time a repeat of his racist birther stuff. That’s the only thing @POTUS has left: racial grievance politics. He failed at the economy. He failed at the pandemic. He failed at health care.

He’s going to lose in Nov. https://t.co/Hy0dvjHsjg

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 13, 2020

This comes after Trump suggested that People of Color should be kept out of suburban areas during yesterday’s news conference.

Trump is talking about the dangers of low-income housing in the suburbs again. He suggests he's not being racist on this subject because 30% of the suburban population is made up of minorities.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 12, 2020