US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves as she arrives to speak on the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024.

"Next question." It's a fitting response to inquiries that are tired, stale and, frankly, have nothing to do with the issues at hand.

During her first live interview before a national audience on Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked about Donald Trump saying “she was always of Indian heritage" but then she "happened to turn Black" in recent years — remarks he made last month at the annual convention of the nation's most prominent association........

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