AP Headlines Called Harris Indian American in 2016, Black in 2020?

Snopes ^ | July 26, 2024

[11th_VA]

Claim: Her political opponents are sharing a screenshot supposedly comparing two Associated Press headlines — one from 2016 and another from 2020. Associated Press headlines referred to Kamala Harris as Indian American in 2016 then Black in 2020.

Rating: TRUE

On July 24, 2024, an apparent screen capture of a post from former U.S. President Donald Trump circulated online showing two alleged Associated Press (AP) headlines, one from 2016 and the other from 2020. The two headlines centered on Vice President Kamala Harris. The first one said Harris was the first "Indian-American US senator" while the second said she was the first "Black woman" nominated as a presidential candidate's running mate (archived):

[Macho MAGA Man]

Kamala Harris is the new Rachel Dolezal.

[drypowder]

Well she’s a damned chameleon. One of a kind I’d say.

[dragnet2]

AP Headlines Called Harris Indian American in 2016, Black in 2020?

At this rate by 2028 she'll be a full blooded Apache.

[Nervous Tick]

LOL! As long as they stick with their truthiness, Snopes has the potential to become President Trump’s new best friend forever, as Spread Eagle Harris and her journalists frantically attempt to spin away her history of lies and bs.

[nickcarraway]

I don't get this. Can't you have one Indian parent and one black parent?

Back when she was DA of SF, she was supposed to be black. I had no idea she was half India n until she ran for VP.

[AnthonySoprano]

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They look like Idiots asking Trump to take a Cognitive test. Joe never was asked and never did, and Krapmala laughs like she’s in a Mental hospital, and they’re never going to ask Krapmala to take a test.

[AnthonySoprano]

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Her ancestry is Irish and Indian.

They ran Sugar Plantations with more Slaves than a Nike factory.

[AnthonySoprano]

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The black population has no idea of her wealth

She’s on the Nancy Pelosi Stock trading regiment.

[KSCITYBOY]

btt

[Reno89519]

I bet that had to hurt them and will cost them sponsor money.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Commiela Harris is……

[roadcat]

Her ancestry is Irish and Indian.

And raised in Canada away from the plantations.

[stars & stripes forever]

COMMIELA HARRIS is...

NOT a natural born citizen and cannot be President.

[chajin]

At this rate by 2028 she'll be a full blooded Apache.

No, as a lawyer she will be Sioux.

[stars & stripes forever]

[GOPJ]

Kamala Harris is the new Rachel Dolezal.

BINGO

[thegagline]

Perhaps she’s trying to curry favor with the blacks.

[alloysteel]

The Jamaican parent was not all that black. And the “black” heritage shares nothing in common with the experience of African American descendants from former slaves.

She ain’t black, man. Mixed race, yes, but not “black” as it is understood in America. Anchor baby, and only the accident of place of birth gives her the veneer of “citizenship”. Raised largely by her mother, a Tamil of India, she spent her years from middle childhood living in Canada, a nation with a somewhat different heritage, until returning to the US to attend college, so she really knows little of the history and culture of the United States of America.

[knarf]

The life of a ho is a lie.

They can't live any other way.