Categories: Politics

VP Kamala Harris says it’s ‘unfortunate’ some ‘deny fact’ America has racist past

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke extensively about racism and United States history this week during a television appearance. 

Harris appeared on ABC’s “The View,” where she was asked to react to GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s assertion that the U.S. has “never been a racist country.”

“It’s unfortunate that there are some who would deny fact, or overlook it, when in fact, moving toward progress requires that we speak truth,” the vice president told the panel of “The View.”

KAMALA HARRIS CONFIDENT AHEAD OF POTENTIAL 2024 TRUMP REMATCH: ‘WE’RE WINNING’ NO MATTER WHO GOP NOMINATES

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives for the annual King Day at the Dome rally at the State House in Columbia, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford for the Washington Post)

Harris’s comments are a response to comments made by Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

“We’re not a racist country, Brian. We’ve never been a racist country,” Haley, who is of Indian descent, said in an interview with CNN’s Brian Stelter. “Our goal is to make sure that today is better than yesterday. Are we perfect? No. But our goal is to always make sure we try and be more perfect every day that we can.”

CNN’S WOLF BLITZER ANNOYED WHEN PANELIST DEFENDS NIKKI HALEY OVER REMARKS ABOUT US NEVER BEING RACIST

She later clarified her comments in a statement to CNN, stating that the U.S. “has always had racism,” but that America “has never been a racist country.”

The former ambassador’s comments sparked a national discussion regarding how Americans should conceptualize the country’s past.

“I think we all would agree that while it is part of our past, and that and we see vestiges of it today, we should also be committed collectively to not letting it define the future of our country,” Harris said on “The View.”

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the Biden administration’s latest actions to reduce gun violence during a program in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

She added, “But we cannot get to a place of progress on the issue of race by denying the existence of racism, by denying the history of racism.”

Share

Recent Posts

Trump threats boosted Canada’s Carney, hurt Conservatives as country votes for new leader

close Video Trump called U.S.-Canada border an 'artificial line' during Oval Office exchange President Donald…

39 minutes ago

Greenland’s prime minister says island cannot be bought, US has ‘not been respectful’

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 27 Fox News Flash top headlines…

39 minutes ago

‘We’re simply not ready’: REAL ID rollout could trigger national headache, state lawmaker warns

A Kentucky lawmaker is urging the federal government to delay its forthcoming REAL ID deadline…

59 minutes ago

Times Square billboard pops up rallying around ‘historic’ Trump accomplishment during first 100 days

FIRST ON FOX: A nonprofit patient's rights advocacy group has placed a billboard in New…

59 minutes ago

Putin thanks North Korea for sending troops to fight Ukraine: ‘Will never forget the heroism’

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 27 Fox News Flash top headlines…

3 hours ago

EXCLUSIVE: Trump has achieved more in 100 days than ‘most presidents’ in their lifetimes, Johnson says

EXCLUSIVE: Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said President Donald Trump has accomplished more in the first…

3 hours ago