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Kamala Harris Casts Donald Trump as a Threat to Black Americans

Harris suggested Trump’s vision for America is fascism.

Kamala Harris, participates in an interview with Charlamagne Tha God
Vice President Kamala Harris Vice is interviewed by Charlamagne Tha God. Jacquelyn Martin/AP

During a radio town hall in Detroit on Tuesday, Kamala Harris made one of her most direct appeals to Black voters yet, casting Donald Trump as a unique threat to Black Americans while highlighting policies she hopes can win over a key voting bloc that’s been drifting toward the former president.

In an hour-long conversation with “The Breakfast Club” host Charlamagne Tha God, Harris called attention to Trump’s support for stop-and-frisk policies as well as recent reporting that Trump sent COVID tests to Russian President Vladimir Putin while Black Americans were “dying by the hundreds.”

“The man is really quite weak,” Harris said. “It’s a sign of weakness that you want to please dictators and seek their flattery and favor. It’s a sign of weakness that you would demean America’s military and America’s service members. This man is weak and he is unfit.”