Former President Donald Trump at the 2024 National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago.AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastTrump used his forum at the NABJ convention to air personal grievances against VP Kamala Harris.The conversation was tense from the start, as Trump expressed frustration with his first questions.The forum roiled NABJ members, with many having voiced their opposition to Trump's appearance.Most people expected fireworks when it was announced that former President Donald Trump would appear at this year's National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago.And that's exactly what happened almost immediately after Trump walked onto the stage, as the former president complained about the tone of the first few questions that he was asked and accused Vice President Kamala Harris of downplaying her Indian heritage."I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black," the former president said of Harris."Is she Indian or is she Black?" the former president asked.(The vice president is of Indian and Jamaican heritage.)When Trump was asked by ABC News journalist Rachel Scott if Harris was a "DEI" hire — a term that some Republicans have lobbed against Harris to invalidate her qualifications for president due to her gender and race — he said that he was unsure."I really don't know, could be," he said.Trump then defended his vice-presidential selection of Ohio Sen.
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