On the plane that day when I first heard about Trump’s remark, we patched in Brian Fallon from DC on a call to strategize a response. Brian wanted me to punch back with a big speech about my racial identity, like the one Obama had given. I was so pissed that I didn’t hold back. “Are you fucking kidding me?” I was not about to take Trump’s bait. He lies all the time, I told Brian. He throws out outrageous statements to distract from the real issues. “Today he wants me to prove my race. What next? He’ll say I’m not a woman and I’ll need to show my vagina?” Brian, on the other end of the phone,
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