AP says it was 'racist' for Donald Trump to call Kamala Harris 'lazy'

The Associated Press sparked backlash aft saying it was 'racist' for Donald Trump to telephone Kamala Harris 'lazy.'

Following an lawsuit successful Miami connected Tuesday aimed astatine Latino voters, the Republican statesmanlike nominee took to the signifier and said that his hostile was 'lazy arsenic hell' for not holding a run event. 

Trump, 78, past referred to the Vice President arsenic 'slow' and having a 'low IQ' earlier calling her a 'stupid person' during a aboriginal rally successful Greensboro, North Carolina. 

The AP reported connected Trump's comments in an nonfiction titled: 'Trump hurls a drawstring of insults astatine Harris including "lazy," a racist trope against Black people.' 

The outlet explained successful the communicative that the word 'lazy' has been 'long utilized to demean Black radical successful racist terms,' adding that Trump has 'repeatedly' questioned Harris' 'intelligence and stamina.' 

People rapidly reacted to the nonfiction online, with galore tearing into the quality bureau for its characterization.

'So "lazy" is racist now,' 1 professional wrote connected Facebook. 

'This quality nonfiction is 1 sided,' said another. 

Meanwhile, users connected X offered their ain explanations for however Harris is 'lazy' and accused the AP of overemphasizing Trump's statements.

'@AP she virtually is lazy. She worked lone 20hrs/ wk portion VP. He [sic] staffers frustrated she ne'er prepared for meetings,' 1 idiosyncratic commented. 

'Connecting what Trump said astir her to achromatic radical is what you did and that's racist.. you propagandist clowns,' they added. 

'Someone should archer fake quality @AP that they've worn retired the racist card,' different wrote. 

While galore were near outraged by the piece, others agreed with the AP's take.

'Says the clown who’s ne'er had a existent job,' 1 idiosyncratic wrote astir Trump.

Another idiosyncratic connected Facebook wrote: 'He's the racist inquire the kids successful Central Park...,' referring to the Central Park Five, for whom Trump called for the decease punishment implicit accusations that they raped and bushed a achromatic pistillate jogger successful 1989. 

The 5 men were aboriginal recovered not blameworthy of the transgression and acceptable escaped successful 2022 based connected recently discovered DNA evidence. 

'He's a pig,' a idiosyncratic connected X wrote.'

After explaining that Trump called retired Harris for not holding a run event, AP noted that his comments 'ignored' that the Democratic nominee was successful meetings successful Washington each day, 'recording interviews with Telemundo and NBC.'

'Tuesday marked the archetypal time successful much than 2 weeks that Harris had nary nationalist events scheduled aft a tally of much than 14 consecutive days of question to governmental events successful pivotal states, including a three-state tally connected Monday, starting successful Pennsylvania, continuing to Michigan and ending successful Wisconsin,' the AP reported. 

With little than 2 weeks until the 2024 election, the AP said that 'Trump signaled he volition thin harder into disparaging Harris,' adjacent though his allies 'have repeatedly suggested helium should steer wide of idiosyncratic attacks including references to her contention and gender.' 

Steven Cheung, Trump's run spokesperson, told the outlet that the erstwhile president's comments had 'nothing to bash with her contention oregon gender.' 

'It's simply due to the fact that she has nary respect for the American radical and takes voters for granted,' helium said. 

Harris' run did not instantly respond to AP's petition for comment. Ian Sams, a spokesperson for Harris, told the outlet that Trump 'canceled a Tuesday day municipality hallway with allies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and erstwhile U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard earlier his evening rally successful North Carolina.' 

Later that night, Gabbard, a erstwhile Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, took the signifier successful Greensboro and announced she's joining the Republican party. 

This is not the archetypal clip the AP has taken a 'racist' jab astatine Trump, arsenic the outlet said he's utilized the words 'rabid' and 'animal' to picture achromatic radical in the past. 

The work besides touched upon Trump's relation successful the Central Park Five case, conscionable a time aft the men, Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise, sued the erstwhile president for using 'false and defamatory statements' astir them successful his face-off with Harris last month.

They question a assemblage proceedings to find damages successful a lawsuit that turns up the vigor erstwhile again connected a tense campaign. 

'Defendant Trump falsely stated [at the debate] that Plaintiffs killed an idiosyncratic and pled blameworthy to the crime,' says the civilian lawsuit.

'These statements are demonstrably false.'

The suit says the 5 men 'never pled blameworthy to immoderate transgression and were subsequently cleared of each wrongdoing.'

It adds: 'Further, the victims of the Central Park assaults were not killed.'

Trump's run called the suit a 'frivolous' illustration of 'election interference'.