Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview with journalist Roland Martin to discuss a variety of issues, including “her pitch for an opportunity economy, her harsh criticism of former President Donald Trump and how her campaign is working to address his appeal to black voters. .
“Look at the context of how he really thinks and talks about black people in America,” Harris told Martin. “And you and I have talked about this before, when he was — when he was a landlord, he wouldn’t rent to black families. He sued for it. When he took out a full-page ad in the New York Times, he said the five teenagers, black and Latino, were innocent and should be hanged. Central Park Five. “You see – the first black president of the United States and he had lies that were born,” Harris added.
She continued, “Now you see black immigrants, legal immigrants, in Springfield, Ohio. come on This man is dangerous.”
Harris questioned Trump’s fitness for office and accused his staff of shielding him from scrutiny, seizing on his decision to skip a second debate or sit down for an interview with 60 Minutes.
“Every president in the last half-century who has run for president has done one. Everyone has done it except Donald Trump. He won’t discuss it with me again. I have released my medical records, he will not release his. You have to ask why his employees do that. Maybe it’s because they think he’s unprepared, incompetent and unstable, and the American people shouldn’t have that level of transparency. “There is a real choice in this election,” Harris said.
The vice president was also asked about the race for the battleground state of North Carolina, where he sat for the interview, and the potential threats to voting rights, especially for black Americans.
“Well, you know, whoever’s watching this in North Carolina, Josh Stein running for governor, that’s going to be very important — pay attention to those state House races because if they can tip the balance. In the statehouse, they can provide more protections for voting rights,” Harris responded.
Harris criticized efforts to limit voting expansions that took place during the pandemic.
