Amazon this week removed shirts from its online marketplace that used a derogatory word to refer to Senator Kamala Harris of California, the Democratic nominee for vice president, the company said on Wednesday.
The shirts featured a fictitious campaign logo for Ms. Harris and Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic presidential nominee, that referred to Ms. Harris using a slur associated with promiscuity.
“All sellers must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to action including potential removal of their account,” an Amazon spokeswoman said in an email. “These products have been removed.”
USA Today, which first reported on the step taken by Amazon, said that one seller, The Oxygen Bandit, sold T-shirts, tank tops, hoodies and sweatshirts with the phrase on its Amazon store.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the store still had other products available mocking Mr. Biden, Ms. Harris and their campaign.
Ms. Harris, a former attorney general of California and former San Francisco district attorney, is the first Black woman and the first candidate of Indian descent to be on a major party’s presidential ticket.
But Since Mr. Biden announced Ms. Harris as his running mate last week, she has been forced to endure attacks on her heritage and gender. Last week, President Trump perpetuated a racist conspiracy theory that is rampant among some of his followers: that Ms. Harris was not eligible for the vice presidency or presidency because her parents were immigrants.
That assertion is false. Ms. Harris is eligible to serve.
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