Live Updates: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris Election News

Vice President Kamala Harris sat down for an interview with journalist Roland Martin and discussed a range of topics, including her commitment to “opportunity economics,” harsh criticism of former President Donald Trump and how her campaign is countering his appeals to black voters.

“Look at the way he actually thinks and speaks about black people in America,” Harris told Martin. “And you and I have talked before about how he doesn’t care about people when he does that — when he was a landlord and didn’t want to rent to black families. Sued for this. When he published a full-page ad in the New York Times against the five innocent teenagers, black and Latino, saying they should be executed. The Central Park Five. If you look at it – the first black president of the United States and he had more lies,” Harris added.

She continued: “And now you look at black immigrants, legal immigrants, in Springfield, Ohio, and he walks on a debate stage and says they eat their pets. Light up. This man is dangerous.”

Harris continued to question Trump's fitness for office, accusing his aides of shielding him from scrutiny and exploiting his decision to forego a second debate or participate in an interview with 60 Minutes.

“Every president of the last half century has done one, everyone who is running for president. Everyone did it except Donald Trump. He won't debate me again. I released my medical records, he won't release his medical records. And you have to ask yourself: Why are his employees doing this? And maybe it's because they think he's just unwilling, incompetent and unstable and shouldn't provide this level of transparency to the American people. There is a real choice in this election,” Harris said.

The vice president was also asked about the contest for battleground North Carolina, where she conducted the interview, and possible threats to voting rights, particularly for Black Americans.

“Well, you know, I think that all of us, whoever in North Carolina is watching this, Josh Stein running for governor, should be very important – paying attention to these House races because if they change the balance “If they vote in the state House of Representatives, they can then pass stronger voting rights protections,” Harris replied.

Harris continued to criticize attempts to limit voting expansions that occurred during the pandemic.