President Donald Trump has signalled the theme of his 2020 bid for reelection: racism.
CNN reports Trump this week raised a false and racist conspiracy theory about Joe Biden's running mate, California Sen.
Kamala Harris.
Trump's move elevated the efforts of the alt-right to portray her Harris as 'other' because of her mixed-race heritage.
Sen.
Harris was born in Oakland, California, to an Indian mother and a Jamaican father.
Both of Harris's parents were legal immigrants to the US.
Harris is the first Black and South Asian American woman on a major party ticket.
Trump is running the most racially-charged presidential campaign that America has seen since the 1968 run of former Alabama Gov.
George Wallace.