Weird: Trump Previously Said His Donation To Harris Campaign Proves He's Not Racist

We learn from an August 2020 news item, Trump made previous campaign donations to Harris and used them to prove he’s not racist. His campaign said “Kamala Harris is a Black woman and he donated to her campaign”. Of course, this was back in 2011 so Trump’s cognitive decline might explain why he suddenly  “didn't know she was black”

Donald Trump made campaign donations to Kamala Harris years ago. His campaign says it's proof he's not racist.

President Trump wasted little time before criticizing Senator Kamala Harris as "nasty" and a "phony" after Joe Biden picked her as his running mate. But years ago, Mr. Trump actually chipped in to help fund her political rise.

Campaign finance records show that Mr. Trump donated a total of $6,000 to Harris' campaigns for California attorney general, a few years before she went on to become a senator and then presidential candidate. He gave Harris $5,000 in 2011, and another $1,000 in 2013.

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Harris is the first Black woman, and the first South Asian American, to run on a major party's presidential ticket. The Trump campaign claimed the president's donations to her years ago are proof that he is not racist — an allegation Harris herself has leveled at him

"I'll note that Kamala Harris is a Black woman and he donated to her campaign," Trump campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson said Tuesday in a call with reporters. "So I hope we can squash this racism argument.".

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for a fun trip back down memory lane, back in 2020 when Democrats were calling Trump racist, his campaign pointed to his old contributions to Harris as proof he was not

"Kamala Harris is a Black Woman and he donated to her campaign. So I hope we can squash this racism argument." pic.twitter.com/iNj6VcEg7k

— tyson brody (@tysonbrody) July 31, 2024