Donald Trump is proving heā€™s racist and stupid with his latest post.

In a Truth Social post Thursday morning, Donald Trump appeared to suggest, again, thatĀ presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris isnā€™t really Black, ramping up his identity-based attacks to the horror of those in his party who consider racism a losing electoral strategy.

Earlier in the week, many GOP strategists, including in the Trump camp,Ā worriedĀ that attacks on Harrisā€™s race and genderā€”which seemed all but inevitable considering Trumpā€™s history of racism and misogynyā€”would pose a serious liability for the campaign. ā€œWe hope he doesnā€™t act like a crazy racist and sexist person, but we canā€™t control him,ā€ a source close to the campaignĀ toldĀ The Washington Post.

These hopes were quickly dashed in the course of Trumpā€™s interview with the National Association of Black Journalists Wednesday afternoon, in which the candidateĀ claimedĀ that, for years, Vice President Kamala Harris ā€œwas Indian all the way, and then suddenly she made a turn and she became a Black person.ā€

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    3 months ago

    It doesnt matter. Every Trumpet in my office is eating this up. I pulled up a picture of her Jamaican dad. Their answer was ā€œJamaicans arenā€™t black.ā€ I really dont know how to respond to that.

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      3 months ago

      Some other notable Jamaicans: Bob Marley, Usain Bolt, Grace Jones. I suppose your coworkers would say theyā€™re not black either?

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      3 months ago

      Go to google maps, get them to select a random street view in Jamaica. Ask them to describe the people theyā€™re seeing.

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      There are cultural differences between Afro-Caribbean people and ā€œblackā€ (ADOS) Americans. The trump fans might be trying to use that to drive a wedge in the Democratic Party.

      But thatā€™s like the difference between Scottish and Irish people. They are basically the same in English history, lesser people to be conquered. Meaningless when it comes to racism.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah I was worried Iā€™d sound insensitive by posting that. But honestly, to this specific group, I want to just say O now skin color doesnā€™t matter.

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      3 months ago

      The die-hard Trumpets are a lost cause. But stuff like this should hopefully start to peel away the other people that he actually needs in order to win.

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        Yeah, I donā€™t really see it helping, the people who belive him arenā€™t less likely to vote for someone that isnā€™t black. Thereā€™s no trumpers saying ā€˜oh I really.wanted a black woman as president, guess Iā€™ll have to vote the racist guy insteadā€™

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      3 months ago

      Which is a complete waste of time on Trumpā€™s part. Sheā€™s visibly not white AND a woman, so them not voting for her is built-in. It only has the potential to lose him some edge case voters, not gain any.