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Apparently, the right wing is posting a photo of Senator Harris with two white people questioning her African background because they are stating that these are her parents. The photo actually is from a gala from 2016 and these are two of her supporters.
Next theyll be saying she was born in Kenya.
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Arkansas Granny
(31,785 posts)neither of her parents were US citizens when she was born (I don't know if that is true or not).
Lochloosa
(16,390 posts)Her father is Indian and her mother is from Jamaica.
Tanuki
(15,239 posts)economist dad from Jamaica. Gifted, productive immigrants like Kamala's parents have made America great for generations.
Lochloosa
(16,390 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,785 posts)regardless the immigration status of her parents. The right wing, however, will try to make some sort of big deal about that.
certainot
(9,090 posts)theyve been saying since she ran for senate that she's not really 'african american'... so cannot say she's black....
Retrograde
(10,579 posts)about 600 mile north of San Diego. Still part of the US, though
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Dad is Jamaican; Mom is Indian.
Lochloosa
(16,390 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Clash City Rocker
(3,526 posts)Her dad was born in Jamaica. Her mother was born in India. I believe they met at UC Berkeley.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Then what does that make George Washington?
Who gives a crap, unless your last name is Yellow Feather? Everybody is from somewhere--even Drumpf.
hurple
(1,317 posts)There's already a meme going around FB claiming she's not a "valid" VP pick because both her parents are immigrants.
🙄
Thomas Hurt
(13,925 posts)not sure why that matters other they think it might hurt her appeal with the minority community.
LiberalArkie
(16,270 posts)(essentially slaves). They could not make their own tools and stuff, had to buy them from the British companies.
unblock
(54,065 posts)and both his parents were born in ireland.
but, he was white, so they wouldn't dream of questioning his legitimacy.
Tanuki
(15,239 posts)West Virginia public school I attended. It is pathetic that they wear their ignorance of the Constitution with pride and white privileged confidence.
Mariana
(14,956 posts)RWers were insisting that they were taught in school that "natural born citizen" means someone had to have been born in the US, and both parents have to be US citizens at the time of the birth. They claimed everyone knew this back in the day. Naturally, they can't produce a single textbook that was in use during their school years that contains their made-up definition of "natural born citizen".
It was inevitable that they would seize on this if either Sen. Harris or Sen. Duckworth was chosen. Some of them still fantasize that someday, the Supreme Court will determine that President Obama wasn't eligible, his presidency will be declared illegal, and that all legislation he signed during his terms will be voided, as if it never happened.
HootieMcBoob
(3,824 posts)But, I guess they just dont like the countries that her parents immigrated from. I wonder why that could be?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Don't amplify the nonsense or give it oxygen.
Debunking doesn't work; it just spreads the original nonsense. Deplatforming and suffocating the spread works, that's it.
UpInArms
(51,721 posts)Thank you
I am sick of the lies getting any traction
crickets
(26,146 posts)Jarqui
(10,421 posts)so a 2016 photo of her is not likely to be very pleasant or recognizable.
I posted this morning:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13892537
that Kamala is a natural born citizen
Republicans beating their racist birther drum again ...
LuvNewcastle
(16,998 posts)still_one
(95,853 posts)desperate
Hotler
(11,971 posts)it's only going to get worse. be careful out there. Assholes are everywhere these days.
no_hypocrisy
(48,492 posts)From a Friend on FB:
Did U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris Ancestor Own Slaves in Jamaica?
Based on an article written by the 2020 presidential Democratic primary candidate's father, right-leaning opponents dove head-first into an ill-judged attack on her.
The focus on racial issues and Harris racial identity intensified after Donald Trump, Jr., son of President Donald Trump, briefly shared a tweet that averred: Kamala Harris is *not* an American Black. She is half Indian and half Jamaican. The source of that tweet, the @ali account, has consistently promulgated the claim that Harris is descended from Jamaican Slave Owners.
SNOPES to the rescue: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kamala-harris-ancestor-slaves/
ProudMNDemocrat
(18,854 posts)The selection of Kamala Harris as VP solidifies the ticket and adds more enthusiasm amongst Immigrant, African-American, Asian communities. The values and principles of these communities and amongst other groups are now brought to the forefront. They become important and noticed.
This spells TROUBLE for Team Trump, for they will spew HATE, LIES, and voters will be turned off by that. Trump will lose even more voters, especially those "suburban housewives" Trump covets above all else.
Sunsky
(1,862 posts)I love it. It will only motive the Democratic base especially the immigrant community to turn out in November. Trump was successful in 2016 because some of us stayed home. Haitians are devoted democratic voters and I was surprised that many bought into the 2016 Russian propaganda regarding the Clinton foundation and either stayed home or voted for Trump, only to hear their homeland be called a s-hole country. This tactic will have the opposite effect.
My kids are first-generation natural born US citizens and I'll be damned if I sit back and allow them to be treated as second class citizens. Fck them all.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Turn her into a non-person, and you deny her humanity.
oswaldactedalone
(3,545 posts)birth certificate! Where is it, Kamala? My investigators are finding amazing things in Kingston!!
Bayard
(24,018 posts)He'll get the facts. Even if he has to make them himself.
MoonRiver
(36,959 posts)bucolic_frolic
(46,512 posts)always had a little Nazi to it
Dukkha
(7,341 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(50,668 posts)malaise
(277,353 posts)and I have close friends who used to babysit Kamala and her sister when her dad was an Economics professor at Stanford.
They can fuck off
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)Hahahahaha. What idiots!
speaknow
(321 posts)Expect anything from, the pukes.
They have nothing going for them, so
they'll make up anything. Over 2 1/2 years
of damage from that piece of human
GARBAGE!
amb123
(1,595 posts)Her Mom's from India, THEY WORSHIP COWS! SHE'S A SOLDIER OF SATAN!
She belongs to a female sorority, THE VERY SEAT OF SATANISM! SORORITY GIRLS ARE SATAN WORSHIPING, FEMI-NAZI, LEZBO WITCH-BITCHES WHO FORM COVENS AND DANCE NAKED IN CIRCLES AND KISS GOATS ON THE ASS!
JESUS WHITE CHRIST HELP US ALL! SAVE US DONALD! SAAAAAVE US!
When it comes to tRump and his supporters, is all I have left.
33taw
(2,712 posts)I think folks are done with that.
colsohlibgal
(5,276 posts)Racism. Sexism. Bat S**t crazy people.
Just saw a profile of a full bore Q-ANON lady who appears to be headed to Congress. The people who believe high profile Democrats are pedophiles running a child sex ring....and some believe Q ANON members actually cook and eat children.
We are at a really dangerous period in our history. Not sure much crazy will vanish once Joe and Kamala win.....but I hope they investigate all this fiercely.