Jared Kushner denies Trump ‘questions’ about questions about Kamala Harris

08/15/2020 USA


Jared KushnerJared Corey KushnerJared Kushner denies Trump ‘promotion’ of questions about Kamala Harris The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – Trump goes further again; no deal on COVID-19 package 5 takeaways from Israel and UAE opening diplomatic ties MORE, President TrumpDonald John TrumpUPS, FedEx shuts down talks to deal with post-in vote, warns of ‘major’ issues: reports GOP Georgia’s controversial candidate attempts to distance himself from QAnon Trump orders TikTok parent company to sell US assets within 90 days MOREThe son-in-law and a former White House adviser insisted in an interview Friday that the president a day earlier did not “promote” false questions about whether Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala HarrisOn The Money: Economists flabbergasted after Congress leaves without deal | Markets stand as the economy struggles | Retail Trap Traps in July Trump touts NYC Union of Police Union: ‘Pro-cop the whole way’ USPS workers’ union supports Biden, citing post-survival threat ‘survival’ MAY (D-Calif.) Is qualified to be president.

Harris was born in the United States to a Jamaican father and Indian mother, and there is no question that she meets the constitutional requirements to be vice president as president.

But Trump at a news conference on Thursday referred to the baseless theory by referring to a piece in Newsweek written by John C. Eastman, a conservative lawyer who claims the Constitution does not grant birth citizenship.

‘He just said he had no idea whether it was right or wrong, I do not see that as promoting. But look, at the end of the day, it’s what it is, ‘Kushner said Friday morning on CBS.

“I personally have no reason to believe she is not,” he added when he was offended when he believed Harris was qualified to be vice president, adding that he would let Trump’s words speak for themselves. . ‘

Trump sparked controversy at Thursday’s press conference when he said that “the lawyer who wrote that piece is a very highly qualified, talented lawyer” and that he “had no idea if that was good.”

The remarks reminded many observers of Trump’s support for the false “birther” conspiracy that President Obama was not born in the United States.

Kushner doubled down later in the day in his defense of Trump, accusing the media of trying to spread “disinformation”.

“Right now you’re spreading that disinformation, the president was at a coronavirus briefing, he was asked by a reporter about a report in Newsweek, and his words were, ‘I know nothing about it.’ “Since then, the media has gone wild, basically saying he’s pushing a theory. I take him at his word that he said he knows nothing about it, and that’s what he said,” he told CNN on Friday afternoon.

The pushback from Kushner follows a flood of criticism from Democrats.

“Donald Trump was the national leader of the grotesque, racist birthing movement with respect for President Obama and has tried every day of his presidency to burn racism and bring our nation apart,” said Andrew Bates, a spokesman for the Biden. campaign. “That it is not surprising, but no less appalling, that if Trump makes a fool of himself to punish the American people for distracting the terrible toll of his failed coronavirus response that his campaign and its allies would be touchingly, demonstrably false lies in their pathetic despair. ”

Harris, who is eligible to hold the office of vice president, is the first woman of color to be named after a presidential card of a major party.

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