Over the weekend, President Trump sunk to an incredibly racist new low by tweeting out that four Democratic Congresswomen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley— all women of color — should “go back” to their own countries despite the fact that all but one of them was born and raised in the United States. The backlash was widespread and immediate, but rather than distance himself from the comments, Trump has decided to double down on his bigotry, presumably in the hopes that it will appeal to his base.
Trump took to Twitter to muse that he deserves an apology, strangely bringing Israel into the mix in what was presumably an attempt to imply the Congresswomen are anti-semites. He whined about their “foul language,” which is of course ironic coming from the “grab them by the p*ssy” president.” One tweet apparently wasn’t enough though, because he followed it up with another, making the stunning accusation that the women of color he has been attacking are “racist.” He invoked Israel once again, doubling down on his tepid efforts to paint the Congresswomen as the real bigots.
When will the Radical Left Congresswomen apologize to our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said. So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
If Democrats want to unite around the foul language & racist hatred spewed from the mouths and actions of these very unpopular & unrepresentative Congresswomen, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. I can tell you that they have made Israel feel abandoned by the U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
Trump still wasn’t satisfied with his attacks though and decided to quote one of his most loyal lapdogs, Senator Lindsey Graham, calling the Congresswomen a “bunch of Communists,” although none of them are. He said that they “hate Israel” and “hate our own country,” and attacked them for criticizing the inhumane detention centers along the southern border.
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It was an incredibly unconvincing bad faith argument of the kind we’ve come to expect from Graham and Trump, striking a laughable apocalyptic note by insisting that AOC and her fellow Congresswomen will “destroy” the country. It was a thoroughly pathetic Twitter performance and a sharp reminder that the GOP has no legitimate criticism to level at Democrats and must resort to absurd smears. Trump and Graham owe these women an apology that they will never give. Expect things to go further downhill from here.
“We all know that AOC and this crowd are a bunch of Communists, they hate Israel, they hate our own Country, they’re calling the guards along our Border (the Border Patrol Agents) Concentration Camp Guards, they accuse people who support Israel as doing it for the Benjamin’s,….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
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….they are Anti-Semitic, they are Anti-America, we don’t need to know anything about them personally, talk about their policies. I think they are American citizens who are duly elected that are running on an agenda that is disgusting, that the American people will reject……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
….What does it mean for America to have free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants, no criminalization of coming into our Country – See how that works for controlling Immigration! They talk about Israel like they’re a bunch of thugs, not victims of the entire region. They wanted…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
…..to impeach President Trump on DAY ONE. Make them the face of the future of the Democrat Party, you will destroy the Democrat Party. Their policies will destroy our Country!” @LindseyGrahamSC Need I say more?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
