• Vice President Kamala Harris struggled to answer questions during an interview where she was probed about the assumption that her selection as Joe Biden’s running mate was primarily due to her race. 
• Astead Herndon, a reporter from the New York Times, posed the probing question during Thursday podcast, triggering a moment of confusion from Harris. 
• “[Biden] came to the decision that he needed to choose a Black woman,” Herndon said, as reported by Fox News. 
• “He chose a Black woman, that woman is me, so I don’t know that anything lingers about what he should choose. He has chosen, he asked me to join him on the ticket,” Harris said, before urging the reporter to “move on.” 

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