{"id":2317425,"date":"2024-08-01T10:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attack-on-harriss-race-frustrates-and-panics-republicans-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:44:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T14:44:48","slug":"trump-attack-on-harriss-race-frustrates-and-panics-republicans-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attack-on-harriss-race-frustrates-and-panics-republicans-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump attack on Harris\u2019s race frustrates and panics Republicans &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-attack-on-harriss-race-frustrates-and-panics-republicans-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2317425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump \u200bhas\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pelosi-allowed-recently-covid-positive-rep-onto-house-floor-to-vote-for-her\/\" title=\"Report: Pelosi allowed recently COVID-positive rep. onto House floor to vote for her\">faced backlash<\/a> from within \u200dthe Republican Party for\u2064 his recent comments questioning Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-white-people-cant-be-any-less-white\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: White People Can\u2019t Be Any \u201cLess White\u201d\">racial identity<\/a>. During a speech \u200bat the National Association of Black Journalists\u2019 annual conference\u200c in\u2063 Chicago, \u200dTrump implied that Harris had been inconsistent in her\u2063 racial identity, stating that she previously emphasized her Indian heritage\u200b before promoting her Black identity \u2063while running for \u200coffice. His remarks were met with disapproval \u200bfrom the audience and alarm from various Republicans, many of whom see issues of race as politically sensitive. <\/p>\n<p>Prominent Republican figures, including former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Senator Lisa Murkowski, criticized Trump&#8217;s \u2063comments as unacceptable and counterproductive to the party&#8217;s message. Comments from anonymous GOP members revealed further discomfort, \u200dwith\u200c many expressing that focusing on\u2064 racial \u200cand gender issues distracts from topics of greater concern to voters. \u2062Trump&#8217;s remarks have sparked a sense of \u2063urgency among Republicans to distance themselves from his comments in order\u200b to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michelle-obamas-dark-money-group-launches-campaign-to-turn-out-likely-democrat-voters\/\" title=\"Michelle Obama&#039;s organization initiates a drive to mobilize potential Democratic voters\">maintain support ahead<\/a> of\u200d the upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump attack on Harris&rsquo;s race frustrates and panics Republicans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1719989\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is under pressure for his latest line of attack on Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, questioning her racial identity.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke at the National Association of Black Journalists&rsquo; annual conference Wednesday in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago<\/a>, where he got into a tense exchange with several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-more-ricky-ratings-for-woke-golden-globes-crash-spectacularly\/\" title=\"No More Ricky: Ratings For Woke Golden Globes Crash Spectacularly\">black journalists<\/a>. At one part of the exchange, Trump implicitly accused Harris of being a fraud, claiming that she shifted between stressing her Indian and Jamaican racial identities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So I&rsquo;ve known her a long time, indirectly, not directly, very much, and she was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t know she was black, until a number of years ago when she ran (as) black, and now she wants to be known as black. So, I don&rsquo;t know, is she Indian, or is she black?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I respect either one, but she obviously doesn&rsquo;t, because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn and &hellip; she became a black person,&rdquo; he added, to disapproval from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The remark caused many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a> to panic, who have treated Harris&rsquo;s race as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/wordplay\/the-history-of-third-rail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>political third rail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans immediately started hitting the panic button, with some down-ballot candidates taking Trump&rsquo;s statements on more directly than others.<\/p>\n<p>The most readily vocal was former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a frequent critic of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s unacceptable and abhorrent to attack Vice President Harris or anyone&rsquo;s racial identity,&rdquo; he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/govlarryhogan\/status\/1818745816879972639?s=51&amp;t=oYTIYwEqmPpaQCOEPM8xZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a>&nbsp;on X. &ldquo;The American people deserve better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another Republican quick to the trigger was Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a noted critic of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maybe they don&rsquo;t know how to handle the campaign, and so you default to issues that just should simply not be an issue,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/31\/house-senate-republicans-trump-nabj-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it was helpful,&rdquo; Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most elected Republicans remained anonymous but were liberal in their criticism, speaking with <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was awful,&rdquo; an anonymous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/House-Republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Republican<\/a> told the outlet. &ldquo;The entire exchange was embarrassing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That was not a demonstration on how to win over undecided voters,&rdquo; another House Republican said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To be focusing on anyone&rsquo;s race or gender when there are plenty of things to talk about on the issues that voters actually care about is frustrating for a lot of us,&rdquo;&nbsp;a third added.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans who did speak on the record were more reserved but still implicitly critical, attempting to direct Trump away from comments about Harris&rsquo;s identity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a great idea for either of the parties to be playing racial identity politics, whether it&rsquo;s &lsquo;white dudes for Kamala&rsquo; or whatever this is,&rdquo; Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Josh-Hawley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO) said. &ldquo;We should spend less time talking about race and more time talking about how we&rsquo;re going to get people to work.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the most important thing we can talk about is the policies and statements she&rsquo;s made,&rdquo; Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), the chairman of Senate Republicans&rsquo; campaign arm, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3106835\/senate-republicans-trump-stay-away-harris-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> of Harris. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re just very radical.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a major Trump ally, remained neutral.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I ain&rsquo;t getting involved in that,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/igorbobic\/status\/1818751611944013971?s=43&amp;t=ZFxqQ7lhc5A_GnIwEPrNSQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>HuffPo<\/em>. &ldquo;Let him talk about what he wants to talk about. I&rsquo;m talking about how bad our country is in shape right now because of her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1719989\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1719989\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s comments on Harris&#8217;s race alarm and frustrate Republicans<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump is facing backlash for his recent remarks questioning Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s racial identity. During the National Association of Black Journalists&#8217; annual conference in Chicago on Wednesday, Trump engaged in a heated discussion with several black journalists. At one point, he suggested that Harris was insincere about her racial background, claiming she has alternated between emphasizing her Indian and Jamaican heritage. &#8220;I&#8217;ve known her for a long time, indirectly\u2014not directly\u2014and she always highlighted her Indian heritage; I didn&#8217;t know she was black until years later when she ran as black,&#8221; Trump stated. He continued by expressing confusion over whether Harris identifies as Indian or black, saying he respects both identities but implying that she does not.<\/p>\n<p>These comments triggered panic among many Republicans who view discussions about race as politically sensitive territory. Some candidates reacted more strongly than others; former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a frequent Trump critic, called the remarks &#8220;unacceptable and abhorrent.&#8221; Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) also criticized Trump&#8217;s approach, suggesting it reflects poor campaign strategy by defaulting to divisive issues.<\/p>\n<p>While most Republican officials chose to remain anonymous in their criticism of Trump&#8217;s comments\u2014describing the exchange as embarrassing\u2014some expressed frustration at focusing on race instead of pressing issues that matter to voters. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) cautioned against engaging in racial identity politics altogether and emphasized the need to discuss work-related topics instead.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Steve Daines (R-MT), chair of Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm, preferred to focus on policy critiques rather than personal attacks related to identity. Meanwhile, Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), an ally of Trump\u2019s, opted for neutrality regarding the controversy while redirecting attention toward broader criticisms of current policies under Harris\u2019s influence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2317426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-at-NABJ.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6733,4021,5069,3756,3634],"class_list":["post-2317425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy","tag-harris","tag-race","tag-republicans","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Trump-at-NABJ.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2317426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}