US President Donald Trump is a ‘racist’, says Kamala Harris

US President Donald Trump is a “racist” and his racism is a “pattern”, said Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris as she cited the President questioning the legitimacy of his predecessor Barack Obama, according to PTI.

Harris, who was at an outdoor rally at Morehouse College in the US state of Georgia, said, “People have asked me, Do you think he’s a racist?” “Yeah. Yeah,” she said, answering the question, according to a report in The New York Times.

She said, “We’ve seen that pattern. Going back to him questioning the legitimacy of Barack Obama. Going back to Charlottesville.” Harris added that the US needs a President who “acknowledges systemic racism, history of America and uses that bully pulpit and that microphone in a way that speaks truth with an intention to address the inequities and bring our country together.”

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Elections in the US are slated for November 3 and the report said polls are showing Democratic presidential candidate Biden tied with Trump in Georgia. With less than two weeks to go for the elections, Harris urged the crowd to honour civil rights leaders by voting.

“It has to do with those men and women who shed blood on Edmund Pettus Bridge and so many other places,” she said. “We’re not going to let anyone mess with our right to vote.”

In his final showdown with his challenger Joe Biden, Trump said he was “least racist person”.