Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris shook her head in her first sit-down interview and needed just four words to take down Republican nominee Donald Trump's widely criticized attack on her racial identity. Speaking at a convention with the National Association of Black Journalists last month, Trump told the audience: "I did not 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. Is she Indian or is she Black ?" When shown the clip, Harris flattened his comments needing just a handful of words in the CNN clip, which aired Thursday night.
ALSO READ: The real reason corporate media won't cover Trump's attacks on democracy "Same old tired playbook," she said, adding with a laugh: "Next question, please." "That's it?" anchor Dana Bash followed up. "That's it.
" Watch Harris' response below or at this link . Vice President Kamala Harris ' running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz , was questioned by CNN's Dana Bash during their joint interview on Thursday evening about the numerous Republican accusations that he distorted various aspects of his personal background.
Walz owned up to "mistakes" — but also insisted people keep sight of the real issues at stake in the election. "You had to clarify that you had said that you and your wife used IVF, but it turned out you used a different kind of fertility in order to have children," said Bash. "And then when you ran for Congress in 2006, your campaign repeatedl.