The 2020 presidential hopeful lambasted the president's son for elevating a tweet that suggested Harris wasn't qualified to speak on behalf of black Americans.
Democratic presidential hopeful Julián Castro called Donald Trump Jr. a"coward" on Sunday for retweeting a post — deemed racist by Castro and others — that questioned the heritage of fellow 2020 contender Senator Kamala Harris.State of the Union
"He's giving voice to these racist utterances about Senator Harris," Castro said, adding that the baseless claims were"disgusting" and purposeful. Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks at Bell Gardens High School, in Los Angeles county, on March 4, 2019 in Bell Gardens, California. Castro, who served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama, is aiming to become the country's first Latino president.The president's eldest son is coming under fire spreading this tweet about Kamala Harris."Kamala Harris is not an American Black," the tweet read.
"Don's tweet was simply him asking if it was true that Kamala Harris was half-Indian because it's not something he had ever heard before," Trump Jr.'s spokesperson told."And once he saw that folks were misconstruing the intent of his tweet, he quickly deleted it."
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