It’s a claim that echoes the one first made by Trump in July, when he participated in an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists. At that event, Trump said of Harris that “She was always of Indian heritage and she was only promoting Indian heritage.”

Following swift backlash for recent comments about Vice President Kamala Harris, Janet Jackson has issued an apology. The 5x Grammy winner’s manager Mo Elmasri admitted the Jackson previously spoke “based on misinformation” about the Democratic presidential nominee’s family and ethnicity during a recent interview with The Guardian.

Janet Jackson told 'The Guardian' that she 'heard' that Kamala Harris 'is not Black. That's what I heard. That she's Indian,' promoting a false conspiracy theory spread by Donald Trump and right-wing political pundits.