Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), who recently left the Republican party, said President Trump’s “demagoguery” is to blame for the crowd at the president’s rally chanting “send her back” about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
“A chant like ‘Send her back!’ ‘is ugly and dangerous, and it is the inevitable consequence of President Trump’s demagoguery,” Amash tweeted Thursday. “This is how history’s worst episodes begin. We must not allow this man to take us to such a place.”
A chant like “Send her back!” is ugly and dangerous, and it is the inevitable consequence of President Trump’s demagoguery. This is how history’s worst episodes begin. We must not allow this man to take us to such a place.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) July 18, 2019
The chant at Wednesday night’s rally in North Carolina followed days of Trump doubling down on his attacks on freshman Democratic Reps. Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
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Justin Amash calls out "Send her back" chants at Trump rally: "This is how history's worst episodes begin" https://t.co/JCW6AnEjh8 pic.twitter.com/dkSjR8Dx7L
— The Hill (@thehill) July 18, 2019
Vile. Omar is awful. She is a radical anti-Semite with terrible views. She is also an American citizen and chanting for her deportation based on her exercise of the First Amendment is disgusting. https://t.co/Y4nzHPzba4
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 18, 2019
I’m going to go ahead and say that we need to call this what this is: inciting racism. If you’re tired of hearing about our president making racist statements, that is regrettable. He does not care if you are fatigued. And so we should not cease calling evil, evil. https://t.co/BffcbddqpF
— 𝐎. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 (@TheAlanNoble) July 18, 2019
Agree with Guy. “Send her back” is completely and totally unacceptable. It’s not a defense of Omar to say this is not how we treat American citizens. https://t.co/8bJXgWjMEC
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 18, 2019
I know I’m a broken record. But there is nothing in American patriotism that could create an argument for “send her back.” There is plenty in nationalism that would demand it. Oh, FWIW I think Omar’s views run the gamut from silly to reprehensible. But she’s an American. Period.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) July 18, 2019
That's exactly right. And it's often the best way to defend civil liberties because it demonstrates that the value of the liberty exists even when we deem the speech valueless. https://t.co/5Bar2qMR4q
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 18, 2019
I'm gonna write a tweet that's gonna tick a lot of people off. Reagan conservatives like me have been called racists — falsely and maliciously — all of our lives. So, to many Americans, every charge of racism, no matter how legitimate, rings hollow. Good job, wolf-criers.
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) July 18, 2019
Yup. The left wildly over-uses accusations of racism (just ask George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney to take three recent examples). The right underplays racism, denying, excusing, and rationalizing it even when it’s real. https://t.co/LKmKpsrsSr
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 18, 2019
This will NOT end well, and everyone who enables it should be held accountable for all-time. #Cult45 https://t.co/cLTEqOH6jc
— John Ziegler (@Zigmanfreud) July 18, 2019
“SEND HER BACK” is wrong. It’s so wrong. Denounce it Republicans. Please. Denounce it.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 18, 2019
I've decided that I won't return to the Republican Party, no matter what happens with Trump. You all have soiled it in a way that will take decades and a whole new generation of politicians to wipe clean. I doubt I'll be around long enough to see it.
— Robert Tracinski (@Tracinski) July 18, 2019
This is not what happened. https://t.co/TA6FOdP8Z4
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) July 18, 2019
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