Kamala Harris’ niece Meena slammed for presuming Syrian-born Boulder ‘shooter’ Ahmad Alissa was white
IN A deleted tweet, President Kamala Harris' niece presumed the Colorado mass shooter was white because he was taken into custody alive.
"The Atlanta shooting was not even a week ago. Violent white men are the greatest terrorist threat to our country," Meena Harris wrote in the since-deleted tweet.
Harris admitted her mistake on Tuesday and deleted the tweet due to the assumption.
"I deleted a previous tweet about the suspect in the Boulder shooting," .
"I made an assumption based on his being taken into custody alive and the fact that the majority of mass shootings in the U.S. are carried out by white men."
Harris played a prominent role on her aunt's campaign and later on after it was announced she would join Biden's ticket.
People commented about her tweet and subsequent apology, like conservative editor Brent Scher, who "Apology maybe worse than the original tweet?"
Veteran filmmaker Jack Posobiec "So you lied," while others defended her saying she was right to make the assumption given the large number of mass shootings that are perpetrated by white men.