GEOFF BENNETT: Former President Donald# Trump is facing backlash for calling## Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity into## question when he addressed a Black# journalists convention yesterday.

That's as the vice president# herself wrapped up a series of## events aimed at speaking directly to Black voters.

Our Laura Barron-Lopez has more.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Delivering the eulogy# before hundreds of mourners at Fallbrook## Church in North Houston today, Vice President# Kamala Harris bid farewell to a friend,## the late Texas Representative Sheila# Jackson Lee, who served in Congress## for nearly three decades and became one# of its most influential Black members.

KAMALA HARRIS, Vice President of the United States# (D) and U.S. Presidential Candidate: To honor## her memory, let us.. a promise of freedom, opportunity and# justice, not just for some, but for all.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Harris remembering# a fellow Black woman trailblazer,## as her own racial identity is being# attacked by her rival, Donald Trump.

Speaking to a historically Black# sorority yesterday, Harris slammed## her opponent hours after the Republican# nominee questioned her racial identity.

KAMALA HARRIS: Donald Trump spoke at# the annual meeting of the National## Association of Black Journalists,# and it was the same old show,## the divisiveness and the disrespect.

And let me# just say, the American people deserve better.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Trump was asked if Harris,## who is poised to be the first Black and South# Asian woman to.. was a DEI or diversity hire, as some# of his Republican allies have said.

DONALD TRUMP, Former President of the#United States (R) ... promoting Indian heritage.

I didn't know# she was black until a number of years ago,## when she happened to turn black, and# now she wants to be known as black.

DONALD TRUMP: So, I don't know.# Is she Indian or is she black?

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: In spite of the backlash,## Trump is digging in, posting this# to his social media plat.. thanking Harris for the -- quote -- "nice picture"# that showed the "love of your Indian heritage."

And at a rally in Pennsylvania last# night, the Trump campaign displayed## news headlines that referred to her as# an Indian-American senator.

The former## president accused Harris of faking her identity.

DONALD TRUMP: In her speech in Atlanta last night,## Kamala Harris even tried to outbrand a new# Southern accent.

Did you hear a new accent?

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Harris is biracial, the# daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father,## and her Black identity a key part of her# history as the member of a historically## Black sorority while a student# at a historically Black college.

Today, at the U.S. southern border, Trump's# running mate tried to put the spotlight back## on policy, namely, immigration.

Vice presidential# nominee J.D.

Vance toured an unfinished section## of border fence in Arizona and blamed Harris# for the Biden administration's border policies.

SEN. J.D.

VANCE (R-OH), Vice Presidential# Candidate: Has Kamala Harris done anything## you have asked her to do?

She is the# border czar.

Has your border czar done## anything you have asked her# to do?

And the answer is no.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Harris, however,## was never charged with overseeing borde.. addressing root causes of migration and# why people flee their countries of origin.

And with 96 days until Election Day, the# breakneck pace of campaigning for Harris and## Trump is just beginning.

The Trump campaign# said today it raised nearly $140 million## last month, trailing the $200 million Harris# raised in the first week of her campaign.

Harris could be the official Democratic# nominee by Monday and will hold her first## rally with her yet-to-be-named running# mate next Tuesday in Philadelphia.

For the PBS "News Hour," I'm Laura Barron-Lopez.