CNN Fact-Checker Brings The Receipts To Debunk Trump’s Latest Claim
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING Former President Donald Trump’s racist comment about Vice President Kamala Harris’ heritage was swiftly debunked by CNN’s fact-checking reporter Daniel Dale on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/845XWqRUq6 — Brian Stelter July 31, 2024 “I quickly, just via Google and with the help of CNN’s ‘KFILE’ team, Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, found multiple examples of her talking about her Black identity going back decades,” Dale explained. “I found an article in Politico that quoted her talking about her Black identity and speaking out against anti-Black racism in 1989 as a law student.” It’s “not some sort of sudden identity conversion” as Trump claimed, Dale said. “That’s just completely fictional.” Dale also fact-checked the “laundry list” of other false claims that Trump made elsewhere during his appearance — from abortion rights to immigrants to inflation.