Trump claims Kamala Harris only recently ‘became a Black woman’ in unhinged remarks to Black journalists

Moments into a heated question-and-answer session with Black journalists in Chicago, Donald Trump falsely claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris “happened to turn Black” only recently.

“I didn’t know she was Black,” he said on Wednesday. “She happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?… I respect either one, but she obviously doesn’t, because she was Indian all the way and all of a sudden she made a turn and she became a Black person.”

Trump — responding to questions about whether he agrees with Republican allies who claimed that she was selected to run for office only because of her race — frequently interrupted and sparred with three Black women media workers at the National Association of Black Journalists conference.

Harris’s father is from Jamaica and her mother is Indian. The presumptive Democratic nominee for president is both the first African-American and Asian-American vice president.

What was supposed to be an hourlong panel abruptly ended roughly 30 minutes later when it was clear that Trump had led the session off the rails.

Trump was first confronted by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott about his false claims about his rivals and his inflammatory remarks to officials and reporters of color.

“Why would Black voters trust you when you have used language like that?” she asked.

“I don’t think I’ve been asked a question in such a horrible manner,” Trump replied. “You don’t even say hello, how are you.”

He called ABC a “fake news network” and the questions “disgraceful.”

“I came here in good spirit. I love the Black population of this country. I’ve done so much for the Black population of this country,” he said. “I think it’s a very rude