Trump鈥檚 鈥榞o back home鈥 tweets deemed xenophobic
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Defiant in the face of widespread censure, US President Donald Trump escalated his demand for four Democratic congresswomen of color to leave the US 鈥渞ight now,鈥 stoking the discord that helped send him to the White House and claiming 鈥渕any people agree with me.鈥
The four lawmakers fired back, condemning what they called 鈥渪enophobic bigoted remarks鈥 and renewing calls for Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings.
Trump had called on the four to 鈥済o back鈥 to their 鈥渂roken and crime-infested鈥 countries in tweets that have been widely denounced as racist. His remarks were directed at representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the US.
The episode served notice that Trump is willing to again rely on incendiary rhetoric on issues of race and immigration to preserve his political base in the leadup to the 2020 election. He shrugged off the criticism.
鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 concern me because many people agree with me,鈥 Trump said on Monday at the White House. 鈥淎 lot of people love it, by the way.鈥
At the Capitol, there was near-unanimous condemnation from Democrats and a rumble of discontent from a subset of Republicans, but notably not from the party鈥檚 congressional leaders.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said Trump鈥檚 campaign slogan truly means he wants to 鈥渕ake America white again,鈥 announced on Monday that the House would vote on a resolution condemning his new comments. The resolution 鈥渟trongly condemns鈥 Trump鈥檚 鈥渞acist comments鈥 and says they 鈥渉ave legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color.鈥
In response, Trump tweeted anew yesterday about the four congresswomen: 鈥淲hy isn鈥檛 the House voting to rebuke the filthy and hate laced things they have said? Because they are the Radical Left, and the Democrats are afraid to take them on. Sad!鈥
Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, the party鈥檚 White House nominee in 2012 and now one of the president鈥檚 most vocal GOP critics, said Trump鈥檚 comments were 鈥渄estructive, demeaning and disunifying.鈥
Trump dug in: 鈥淚f you鈥檙e not happy in the US, if you鈥檙e complaining all the time, you can leave, you can leave right now.鈥
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