Tucker Carlson falsely brands Kamala Harris as ‘Sāmoan-Malaysian’ at Trump rally

As thousands gathered at Madison Square Garden for Donald Trump‘s latest campaign rally, many were shocked by a weird joke claiming Kamala Harris was Sāmoan.

The event on 27 October in New York drew significant attention due to the numerous racial slurs and false claims directed at immigrants and United States presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson was one of the speakers at the rally, who chose to make light of Harris’ ethnicity.

He stated: “It’s going to be pretty hard to look at us and say, you know what? Kamala Harris, she got 85 million votes because she’s so impressive as the first Sāmoan-Malaysian, low IQ, former California prosecutor ever to be elected president.”

Harris is not Sāmoan nor Malaysian, making Carlson’s ethnic claims false.

Harris is of Jamaican and Indian descent. Her father, Donald Harris, was born in Jamaica and migrated to the US in 1961. While her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was born in India and moved to the US in 1958.

In an interview with Pacific Mornings’ host William Terite this week, International Relations expert Geoffrey Miller referred to Carlson’s outrageous racial remarks against Harris as “distasteful” and “too radical” for the Trump campaign.

“There are a number of distasteful remarks made at the rally.”

According to Miller, despite these remarks, Trump has improved his standing with minority voters compared to previous elections.

“The Trump campaign overall has done much better with minorities this time around than they have in the past according to the polls and he's doing much better with minorities than back in especially back in 2016.

“It doesn't seem too smart and yes some distasteful remarks.

“Nevertheless, this is Donald Trump's brand as being distasteful and saying things that other people criticize. So I don't know whether it will hurt him.

“Again, you go back to that September 11th debate when he talked about immigrants eating dogs and cats.

“To be honest, I don't think that line actually hurt him in the long run. Maybe it even helped him the fact that that was the only line that people really remember from that TV debate.

“So Donald Trump is fascinating. He breaks all the rules and seems to do well because of that.”

The US presidential election is set for 5 November 2024 and will decide whether Republican leader Donald Trump or vice president and Democrat candidate Kamala Harris will serve as President of the United States for the next four years.

Watch the full interview below.