Donald Trump accused of ‘white supremacy’ by AOC for pushing baseless birther conspiracy against Kamala Harris.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has equated President Trump's claims about Kamala Harris's citizenship to white supremacist ideology on her twitter account.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has equated President Trump's claims about Kamala Harris's citizenship to white supremacist ideology on her twitter account. According to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tweet on August 13, she has stated that calling an elected official's citizenship into question due to their skin color is a white supremacist idea. Ocasio-Cortez adds that President Trump's birther conspiracy is supremacist as it supports the idea that people of color are inherently less legitimate in this country.

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