Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) confronted ABC’s George Stephanopoulos over his race-baiting tactics during a discussion on Vice President Kamala Harris’ racial identity. This exchange highlighted the media’s bias and their attempts to divert attention from real issues affecting Americans.
Kamala Harris has often identified as Indian-American throughout her career, including her vice-presidential campaign. Despite this, the media insists on portraying Harris solely as a Black woman, manipulating her identity to fit their narrative. Stephanopoulos focused more on defending Harris’ racial identity than addressing her performance as Vice President.
This controversy gained attention after President Donald Trump addressed Harris’s racial identity at the National Association of Black Journalists conference. During a heated exchange, Trump remarked, “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.”
In an interview with Stephanopoulos, Donalds defended Trump’s remarks, calling the controversy “phony” and stating that most people don’t care about this issue. He noted that when Harris was first elected to the Senate, the Associated Press highlighted her as the first Indian-American senator. However, as her political career progressed, the focus shifted to her Black identity. Donalds argued that Harris has always identified as both Indian and Black, reflecting her biracial heritage.
Stephanopoulos pressed Donalds on why he and Trump kept questioning Harris’s identity. Donalds responded by emphasizing that the real issue was Harris’s record as Vice President and the failures of the Biden-Harris administration. He pointed out that Trump spent more time criticizing Harris’s policies than discussing her racial identity.
Stephanopoulos continued to interrupt and redirect the conversation back to Harris’s racial identity, ignoring Donalds’ attempts to discuss her political record and the broader impact of the Biden-Harris administration. Despite Donalds’ clear focus on policy and leadership, Stephanopoulos persisted in framing the conversation around identity politics, reflecting the mainstream media’s strategy to divert attention from substantive policy failures.
The interview concluded with Stephanopoulos doubling down on his accusations, completely ignoring the substantive points raised by Donalds. This exchange underscores the mainstream media’s relentless focus on identity politics while neglecting the pressing issues facing everyday Americans.