Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., looks up as she signs required documents for receiving the Democratic nomination for President and Vice President of the United States in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Aug. 14, 2020.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)NEW YORK Newsweek has apologized for an op-ed that questioned Sen. Kamala Harris U.S. citizenship and her eligibility to be Joe Bidens running mate, a false and racist conspiracy theory which President Donald Trump has not dismissed.
We apologize, read Newsweek's editors note on Friday, which replaced the magazine's earlier detailed defense of the op-ed.
But they ended the note by saying that the op-ed would remain on the site, with their note attached.
The op-ed was written by John Eastman, a conservative attorney who argues that the U.S. Constitution doesnt grant birthright citizenship.