Donald Trump isn’t having a good week now that the Democrats are officially calling out his behavior during the Democratic National Convention. Mindy Kaling was just one of the public figures pointing out that the former president’s constant questioning of Vice President Kamala Harris‘ background is nothing but nonsense.
Back in July, Donald Trump posted a 2019 video of Kaling and Kamala Harris cooking a Masala Dosa recipe as a nod to their South Indian heritage on Truth Social. The former president made false claims about the current vice president, stating, “Crazy Kamala is saying she’s Indian, not Black. This is a big deal. Stone cold phony. She uses everybody, including her racial identity!”
Well, Kaling took issue with his false statement because Kamala Harris is both Black and South Indian. She wanted to make sure Donald Trump understood that two things can be true at once. “I am an incredibly famous Gen Z actress who you might recognize from The Office, The Mindy Project, or as the woman who courageously outed Kamala Harris as Indian in an Instagram cooking video,” the 45-year-old Gen X actress joked from the stage on Wednesday, Aug. 21.
“She wasn’t ‘Madam Vice President’ then, she was my senator,” Kaling continued. “And we were filming a video where she came to my home to cook dosas, a South Indian dish.” Kamala Harris “was so much better than me,” The Office star quipped. “As she gently corrected my sloppy dosa making, she was complimenting me every step of the way—making sure that my daughter Kit knew how good of a cook I am. When she finally bit into my dosa, she looked at me and said, ‘Mmm, really good!’ And then never took another bite again.”
OK, so we might not want to eat Kaling’s cooking, but Donald Trump might want to stop spreading tall tales that Kamala Harris “happened to turn Black.” That happened at the National Association of Black Journalists conference in July, and the Democrats seem to be tired of his narrative. So, they’re calling him out while protecting Kamala Harris in the process. The pushback on Donald Trump is working, especially for voters who have a mixed-race background like the vice president.
“Everyone thinks we’re in this post-racial time, but Trump proved why classes and courses still need to be taught,” Smith King, a Mexican and Black voter told The Guardian. “We’re really excited to mobilize and show up for her.” That might not be the message Donald Trump wants to hear, but Kaling’s criticism of the former president is heard loudly and clearly by many Americans who are casting their votes this fall.
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