When Kamala Harris and Donald Trump sparred over her race during their first presidential debate.
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00:00I don't care what she is. I don't care.
00:02I read where she was not black, that she put out.
00:06And then I read that she was black. And that's OK.
00:09I think it's a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president,
00:14who has consistently over the course of his career
00:19attempted to use race to divide the American people.
00:31Mr. President, you recently said of Vice President Harris, quote,
00:35I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago
00:38when she happened to turn black. And now she wants to be known as black.
00:41Why do you believe it's appropriate to weigh in on the racial identity of your opponent?
00:45I don't and I don't care. I don't care what she is. I don't care.
00:49You make a big deal out of something. I couldn't care less.
00:53Whatever she wants to be is OK with me.
00:56But those were your words. So I don't know. I don't know.
00:58I mean, all I can say is I read where she was not black, that she put out.
01:03And I'll say that. And then I read that she was black and that's OK.
01:09Either one was OK with me. That's up to her. That's up to her.
01:12I mean, honestly, I think it's a tragedy that we have someone who wants to be president,
01:19who has consistently over the course of his career
01:23attempted to use race to divide the American people.
01:26And let's remember how Donald Trump started. He was a land.
01:33He owned land. He owned buildings.
01:35And he was investigated because he refused to rent property to black families.
01:43Let's remember, this is the same individual who took out a full page ad in The New York Times
01:50calling for the execution of five young black and Latino boys who were innocent.
01:58The Central Park Five, they admitted, they said they pled guilty.
02:03And I said, well, if they pled guilty, they badly hurt a person, killed a person ultimately.
02:09And if they pled guilty, then they pled were not guilty.
02:12This is the same individual who spread birth or lies about the first black president of the United States.
02:20And I think the American people want better than that, want better than this.
02:26This is the most divisive presidency in the history of our country.
02:31There's never been anything like it. They're destroying our country.
02:35She is Biden. The worst inflation we've ever had.
02:39A horrible economy because inflation has made it so bad that you can't get away with that.
02:45Clearly, I am not Joe Biden and I am certainly not Donald Trump.
02:51And what I do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country.