Donald Trump doubled-down on Truth Social insisting that Kamala Harris is not Black.
Said Trump: “This is a big deal. Stone cold phony. She uses everybody, including her racial identity!”
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Said Trump: “This is a big deal. Stone cold phony. She uses everybody, including her racial identity!”
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Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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