Charlotte

July 2024
:* ‘Not going to be nice’: Trump, Harris trade sharp attacks as 2024 race resets 
:* House GOP leaders ask members to stop making racial attacks against Harris 
The ongoing controversy surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion has spilled over into the 2024 presidential race with Vice President Kamala Harris on the path to becoming the Democratic nominee. Earlier this week, Tennessee Republican Rep. Tim Burchett suggested in an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju that President Joe Biden chose Harris as a running mate because she was a Black woman.
“100% she is a DEI hire,” Burchett said.
Supporters have defended Harris, who, if elected, would become the nation’s first female president.
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, UN ambassador Susan Rice called the attacks from Republicans “extremely offensive and dehumanizing.”
Rice said the attacks insinuate that people from marginalized groups who achieve success or rise to leadership roles didn’t earn it.
“That is incredibly insulting,” Rice said.
germ: Trump sprach in Charlotte, North Carolina. Es war sein erster Wahlkampfauftritt, nachdem sich Biden selbst aus dem Rennen zurückgezogen und den Weg für eine Kandidatur von Kamala Harris als Präsidentin befürwortet hatte. 
Trump verschärfte dabei die Rhetorik gegen seine voraussichtliche Kontrahentin: Harris sei seit dreieinhalb Jahren „die ultraliberale treibende Kraft hinter jeder einzelnen Biden-Katastrophe“.