Andrew Bates, a spokesman for Biden's campaign, said the president 'was the national leader of the grotesque, racist birther movement with respect to President Obama and has sought to fuel racism and tear our nation apart.'
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and pundits Thursday criticized President Donald Trump for entertaining questions raised about the eligibility of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., to run for vice president, as “very serious.”
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's choice of Harris as his running mate was historic, making her the first Black woman and first Asian American person on a major party's presidential ticket. Trump was asked about a column from a conservative law professor who questioned her eligibility, and responded, "I just heard it today that she doesn't meet the requirements and by the way the lawyer that wrote that piece is a very highly qualified, very talented lawyer."
Trump continued that he has"no idea" whether the online birther lies are true, and asked the reporter if she was saying Harris wouldn't qualify because the Senator "wasn't born in this country?"After the reporter clarified the conspiracy was based on her supposed ineligibility because of her parents' citizenship, he vowed"to look into it."
By virtue of her birth in California, Harris, who is the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is a natural-born U.S. citizen, meaning she is allowed to be both president or vice president.Andrew Bates, a spokesman for Biden's campaign, said the president"was the national leader of the grotesque, racist birther movement with respect to President Obama and has sought to fuel racism and tear our nation apart on every single day of his presidency.
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