'I know Donald Trump's type': Kamala Harris attacks former President

Washington DC [US]: Taking a jibe at Donald Trump a day after he questioned her racial identity, US Vice President Kamala Harris said she has taken on "perpetrators of all kinds," during her previous roles as Attorney General, District Attorney, and courtroom prosecutor.

Harris Defends Her Identity

Attacking the former President and her rival in the November presidential polls, Harris said she knows "Donald Trump's type" and has been dealing with people like him.

Legal Experience in Focus

"As many of you know, before I was elected Vice President and before I was elected a United States Senator, I was an elected Attorney General and an elected District Attorney. And before that, I was a courtroom prosecutor," the Vice President said in the video.

Past Roles Highlighted

"So, in those roles, I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women. Fraudsters who ripped off consumers. Cheaters who broke the rules for their gain. So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump's type. I know the type and I have been dealing with people like him," she added.

Trump Questions Racial Identity

The presidential campaign in the US heated up after Trump on Wednesday launched a strong personal attack on Kamala Harris's racial heritage, by claiming that she, after being of "Indian heritage" for years, "turned black" a few years ago.

She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she black?" CNN quoted him as saying.

Historic Election Ahead

"I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't, because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn and she went - she became a Black person," he said.

"I think somebody should look into that too," he added.

Kamala Harris is of Indian origin. Her mother is Indian and her father is Jamaican; both immigrated to the United States. She is the first woman of colour and the first Asian American vice president. If Harris wins the upcoming polls, she will become the first woman president of the country.

(With ANI inputs)