On Thursday former President Donald Trump shared that he and Willie Brown, the former lover of Vice President Kamala Harris, nearly faced a catastrophic helicopter incident. The former president divulged the story during his news conference at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, marking his first major public appearance since the Democratic ticket was solidified.

“I know Willie Brown very well. In fact, I went down in a helicopter with him. We thought, ‘Maybe this is the end.’ We were in a helicopter going to a certain location together, and there was an emergency landing. This was not a pleasant landing,” Trump said, setting the scene of a nearly disastrous flight.

“Willie was… he was a little concerned. So I know him. I know him pretty well. I mean, I haven’t seen him in years, but he told me terrible things about her. But this is what you’re telling me anyway, I guess. But he had a big part in what happened with Kamala, but he, I don’t know, maybe he’s changed,” Trump elaborated.

Trump added, “But he had a big part in what happened with Kamala, but he, I don’t know, maybe he’s changed his tune, but he was not a fan of hers very much at that point.”

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Brown, a towering figure in California politics, and Harris share a past connection that dates back to the mid-1990s. Brown, who served as the Mayor of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004 and had prior significant stints as Speaker of the California State Assembly, has been a pivotal influence in the state’s political landscape for decades.

The relationship between Harris and Brown became public and politically significant when Harris was appointed to two well-paid positions on California state boards shortly after they started dating. Brown was instrumental in these appointments; during that time he wielded considerable political power in California. Although the relationship lasted only a few years, Brown’s support played a role in Harris’s early political career. Harris, who was then working in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, went on to become the District Attorney of San Francisco in 2003.

Harris served two terms as the District Attorney in San Francisco before she was elected California’s Attorney General in 2010. In 2016, Harris was elected to the United States Senate, and her career reached a new height when she was chosen by Joe Biden as his running mate in the 2020 presidential election, ultimately leading to her current role as Vice President.

During his press conference on Thursday, Trump did not hold back on his criticisms towards Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, while heaping praise on his own vice-presidential pick, JD Vance. Trump’s critical tone extended to Harris’s past relationship with Brown, suggesting a complicated history.

The news conference also served as a platform for Trump to announce his participation in three presidential debates in September, hosted by Fox, NBC, and ABC, with CBS set to host a vice presidential debate. Trump’s comments come as he prepares for a head-to-head debate with Kamala Harris on ABC on September 10, following the confirmation of his agreement to the debate schedule.

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A re-surfaced exchange between “The Five” hosts Jesse Watters and Jessica Tarlov is making the rounds. In the segment, the two hosts sparred over the merits of former President Donald Trump’s recent race-based criticisms of Vice President Kamala Harris.

When the hourlong show turned to a discussion about whether Harris is emphasizing her Black heritage to advance her nascent campaign for president, Tarlov took exception, criticizing Trump for focusing on an issue that may come across as tone-deaf to the 41 million Americans who claim biracial heritage. “There is something crucial that Republicans keep doing that is a major turnoff to the black community, and that’s insulting Kamala Harris. You don’t take someone so meaningful to that community and say she’s a diversity hire,” she told her four colleagues.

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Watters was quick to reply, humorously asking, “Can I speak for the black community for a second?” and joking that he is one percent Black. “No!” Tarlov shot back in a clip noted by the American Tribune. Continuing on, the Fox host noted that the network has a Black community correspondent who has conducted multiple man-on-the-street interviews and found little support for Harris. “We have Johnny go out and speak to the black community two times a week, and they do not support Kamala Harris. Speaking very broadly there,” he rebutted. Tarlov responded that Republicans are doing a disservice to themselves when referring to the vice president as a “diversity hire,” a warning that U.S. House Republicans have also given their colleagues as they urged lawmakers to focus on her track record rather than her race.

“If you have one of the highest achieving black women in the country who’s now made it to the vice presidency, and Republicans and people who talk about her on-air say she’s a diversity hire, she only got where she was going because she slept with Willie Brown,” she responded. Watters and fellow host Greg Gutfeld both cut in. “She did!? I didn’t know that!” Watters simultaneously asked, “She slept with Willie Brown!?” Tarlov responded, “Is that not true?” Watters then followed up, “I didn’t know that. Is that how she got ahead in politics?” Tarlov maintained, “No, of course not!” “I love it when people accuse us of spreading rumors by actually citing rumors,” Gutfeld said, wrapping up the conversation.

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Opposition researchers have been brushing up on Harris’s personal relationship with Brown, the former speaker for the California state legislature and San Francisco mayor whom she dated in the 1990s. At the time, Brown was 60 and Harris was 29, and he has since taken credit for boosting her career in state Democratic politics, citing her appointment to a state commission she relied on to win her first election for district attorney. Aside from President Trump’s claim that Harris only recently “became Black,” some conservatives are raising questions about the pair’s relationship and whether she dated Brown despite the chasmic age difference to gain a foothold in elected office.

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Critics of Vice President Kamala Harris are reaching deep into her past, unearthing evidence that she was showered with prominent, well-paid positions and a luxury BMW car as part of her relationship with the much older Willie Brown, according to an exposé by the New York Post.

Harris, who previously served as California’s attorney general, rose the prosecutorial ranks while dating Brown, a powerbroker in the state’s Democratic circles who served as Speaker for the state assembly from 1980 to 1995. The two met in 1994 when she was just 29 and he was 60, jumpstarting her career as Brown secured her trips to Paris and exclusive access to the Oscars. Her rapid ascent up the ranks vis-à-vis her relationship with Brown is chronicled in the 2021 book “Kamala’s Way: An American Life” by journalist Dean Morain. “Over the course of the relationship, Brown gave Harris a BMW, she traveled with him to Paris, attended the Academy Awards,” Morain wrote, including an item about Brown once taking her to Boston where they met with one Donald J. Trump.

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Early 90’s news clips obtained by Morain describe the power couple as “the speaker’s new steady,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle, while the Los Angeles Times called Harris Brown’s “frequent companion.” Shortly before he ended his career as speaker, Brown in 1994 appointed Harris to the California Medical Assistance Commission, earning her a $72,000 annual salary that at the time was worth more than $150,000 in today’s dollars. She also received media attention as part of the commission’s monthly public meetings.

Brown, now 90 years old, hasn’t been shy about claiming credit for positioning Harris over the years into roles that ultimately propelled her to the precipice of the Oval Office. In 2019, the former San Francisco mayor admitted the two had a fling. “Yes, I may have influenced her career by appointing her to two state commissions when I was Assembly speaker. And I certainly helped with her first race for district attorney in San Francisco,” he added.

Harris reached the San Francisco DA’s office in 2003, using it as a stepping stone to reach the state AG’s office seven years later. She was reelected in 2014 before winning a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2017. She ran for president two years later and drew scorn from then-candidate Joe Biden for accusing him of racism during a bipartisan crackdown on criminals in the 90s. However, the future president ultimately picked Harris as his running mate and last week turned the top of the ticket over to her after facing tremendous pressure to bow out.

President Trump’s campaign has struggled to find consensus on an angle of attack against Harris, the first Black woman to lead a major party’s presidential ticket. She can lean on a hardscrabble upbringing, raised in a household with meager savings and as a child endured a lengthy custody battle between her mother and father. Former classmates remember the future veep as “spunky” and ” super-cool,” the outlet added, with one saying she refrained from dating while in high school.

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