GB News host Nana Akua was left furious at a political adviser who claimed Kamala Harris lost the US election because she is an “overqualified black woman”.
Nana strongly contested this characterisation, dismissing attempts to frame the electoral outcome through the lens of race and gender.
The comments come as Trump defeated his opponent Kamala Harris in the US election earlier this week, causing a liberal outcry.
Senior Political Adviser Pablo OHana told GB News: “I don’t think anyone that voted for Donald Trump is racist or sexist, but I do think that they decided that it wasn’t a deal breaker.
Senior Political Advisor Pablo OHana said that Kamala lost because she is an “overqualified woman”
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“I think we have to confront that, and we have to confront what that means.
“There are a lot of people who voted for Donald Trump, despite everything that he had said and done not only on his first term and since 2016, but also on this campaign trail.
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“Some of the things that happened were quite extraordinary. There is an awful lot of conversation about whether Kamala Harris had the right policies, or maybe Donald Trump had more of this or less of that.
“Kamala Harris did talk about her economic plans whilst Trump was raving and masturbating and microphone stands.
“So there are a lot of questions that we need to sort of grapple with on both sides of the debate. I don’t think it’s as simple as just saying this group of people felt this way or are or are not racist, or an awful lot of soul-searching needs to be done in America.
“But this is, of course, the second time that America has rejected an overqualified woman.”
Nana fired back: “Oh, come on, Pablo, listen, I’ve heard a lot of people say it’s because she’s black or because she’s a woman.
“Black males voted for Donald Trump in their droves. Lots of black women voted for Donald Trump. It’s nothing to do with it, I think.
“Do you not think that perhaps they looked at the state of the United States and the fact that they were hoodwinked, or they tried to hoodwink them with Joe Biden and thought, we don’t want the same again.
“When I listen to reports, I hear people talking about the economy literally as the first thing.”
Vice President Kamala Harris conceded defeat Wednesday, vowing to ensure a peaceful transition of power.
Trump flipped key swing states including Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan that Biden won in 2020.
Latest figures show Trump leading with 71,183,547 votes to Harris’s 66,251,503, while Republicans also captured the Senate.
“While I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fuelled this campaign,” Harris declared.