Trump suggests Harris flipped racial identities during panel with black journalists

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested during the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention that Vice President Kamala Harris had switched from identifying primarily as Indian to emphasizing her black background.

“I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black," Trump said, according to The Associated Press.  "So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” 

The daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, Harris is the first black and South Asian woman to serve as vice president of the United States. She also graduated from Howard University, a prominent historically black college.

Trump addressed the organization's annual convention in Chicago, Illinois, where he fielded questions by Fox News' Harris Faulkner, Semafor's Kadia Goba, and ABC News' Rachel Scott.

Trump said he came to the convention in a "good spirit."

"I love the Black population of this country, I’ve done so much for the Black population of this country," he said.