Former President Donald Trump is "dangerous" for Black America, Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview with "Roland Martin Unfiltered" on Monday.
She pointed out a history of relations that Trump has had with the community. She said: "Look at it in the context of how he actually thinks and talks about Black folks in America. … He is not looking out for folks when he was a landlord and would not rent to Black families: sued for it.
"When he took out a full-page ad in The New York Times against those five teenagers, Black and Latino, who were innocent, saying they should be executed, the Central Park Five."
Harris also brought up Trump's attitude towards former President Barack Obama, saying that "when you look at the first Black president of the United States, and [Trump] had birther lies, and now you look at Black immigrants, legal immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, and he gets on a debate stage and says they're eating their pets."
The vice president also said that Trump is "not looking out for middle-class folks. You look at what he's proposing in terms of cutting, [such as] healthcare costs."
Harris insisted that the Biden administration has "capped the cost of insulin, $35 a month for seniors. Black folks are 60% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes. Under Project 2025, they would undo that $35 cap. You look at what [Trump] is planning to do that is about undoing, getting rid of the Department of Education and Head Start programs. Who do you think that's going to affect?"
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