00:00Mr. President, we so appreciate you giving us an hour of your time. I want to start by
00:05addressing the elephant in the room, sir. A lot of people did not think it was appropriate
00:11for you to be here today. You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from
00:16Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama, saying that they were not born in the United
00:20States, which is not true. You have told four Congresswomen of color who were American citizens
00:26to go back to where they came from. You have used words like animal and rabbit to describe
00:31black district attorneys. You've attacked black journalists, calling them a loser, saying
00:36the questions that they ask are, quote, stupid and racist. You've had dinner with a white
00:41supremacist at your Mar-a-Lago resort. So my question, sir, now that you are asking
00:46black supporters to vote for you, why should black voters trust you after you have used
00:52language like that? Well, first of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question.
00:58So in such a horrible manner, first question, you don't even say hello. How are you? Are
01:06you with ABC? Because I think they're a fake news network, a terrible network. And I think
01:13it's disgraceful that I came here in good spirit. I love the black population of this
01:20country. I've done so much for the black population of this country. I think it's
01:25a very nasty question. I have answered the question. I have been the best president for
01:32the black population since Abraham Lincoln. That's my answer.
01:37Better than President Johnson who signed the Voting Rights Act.
01:39For you to start off a question and answer period, especially when you're 35 minutes
01:43late because you couldn't get your equipment to work in such a hostile manner. I think
01:48it's a disgrace. I really do.
01:49Let me just ask a follow up, sir, and then we'll move on to other questions here. Some
01:53of your own supporters, including Republicans on Capitol Hill, have labeled Vice President
01:58Kamala Harris, who is the first black and Asian-American woman to serve as vice president,
02:03be on a major party ticket as a DEI hire. Is that acceptable language to you? And will
02:09you tell those Republicans and those supporters to stop it?
02:12How do you how do you define DEI? Go ahead. How do you define diversity, equity, inclusion?
02:17OK, yeah, good. Is that what your definition?
02:20That is that is give me a definition. Would you give me a definition? Give me a definition.
02:25Sir, I'm asking you a question.
02:26No, you have to define it. Define the define it for me if I just defined it, sir. Do you
02:30believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is only on the ticket because she is a black
02:34woman?
02:35Well, I can say no. I think it's maybe a little bit different. So I've known her a long time
02:40indirectly, not directly very much. And she was always of Indian heritage and she was
02:48only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago
02:52when she happened to turn black. And now she wants to be known as black. So I don't know.
02:57Is she Indian or is she black?
02:59She is always identified as a black.
03:00I respect either one. I respect either one. But she obviously doesn't because she was
03:05Indian all the way. And then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went. She became a
03:10black person.
03:11Just to be clear, sir, do you believe that she is a black woman?
03:12I think somebody should look into that, too, when you ask a continue in a very hostile,
03:17nasty tone.
03:18It's a direct question, sir. Do you believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is a DEI
03:23hire?
03:24I really don't know. I mean, I really don't know. Could be. Could be.
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