Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), who recently left the Republican Party to become an Independent, on Sunday lambasted President Trump for telling a group of progressive congresswomen to go back to where they came from, saying it was “racist and disgusting.”
“To tell these American citizens (most of whom were born here) to ‘go back’ to the ‘crime infested places from which they came’ is racist and disgusting,” Amash said on Twitter.
To tell these American citizens (most of whom were born here) to “go back” to the “crime infested places from which they came” is racist and disgusting. https://t.co/sIAqg8bTIb
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) July 14, 2019
The comments from Amash came just hours after Trump targeted a group of female lawmakers, saying that they should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came” before speaking out about how the United States government should be run.
Trump did not identify the lawmakers. But the remarks came amid a week of escalating tension between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and a group of four freshman House Democrats — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
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Justin Amash rips Trump over "racist and disgusting" tweet telling progressive Dems to go back where they came from https://t.co/XFhAKHrY7f pic.twitter.com/aaEaoxfwkg
— The Hill (@thehill) July 14, 2019
Is it still shocking for a president to tell a US citizen and member of Congress “go back where you came from”? Because it sure as hell ought to be, even if it’s no longer surprising.
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) July 14, 2019
The President of the United States just told brown-skinned members of Congress who were born in this country to go back home to where they came from. This should be the only news story of the day and in a better country, it would be.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 14, 2019
The President of the United States telling minority AMERICAN Congresswomen to go back to the countries they came from? This is a new, terrible, racist, sad low, even for Trump. https://t.co/feIZKNerrJ
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) July 14, 2019
The President of the United States this morning telling brown-skinned Americans to “go back to where they came from” should piss off ALL Americans.
But it won’t. And that’s a shame. A damn shame.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 14, 2019
The thing about what Trump is selling — it really does sell. I saw it happen in 2016. GOP voters could have had Jeb, Cruz, Rubio, Walker, Jindal, Christie, Carly, et al. — no, they wanted Trump, by overwhelming numbers. That is what's to be reckoned with, not one man.
— Jay Nordlinger (@jaynordlinger) July 14, 2019
Trump does have a penchant for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory sometimes. The Dems were infighting all week between “the squad” and House leadership and Trump goes in there to make some outageous characterization about “the squad” that will serve to rally dems together
— Alicia Smith (@Alicia_Smith19) July 14, 2019
Take the Judge Curiel moment, mix in “shithole” countries, sprinkle in a few Tucker monologues, and you’ve got this miserable, hateful stew. But the truly depressing part will be the inevitable GOP gaslighting, rationalizations, and minimizations in his defense. https://t.co/AUW9hQXtEp
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 14, 2019
One additional comment here:
When Republicans see TN still recognizing Nathan Bedford Forrest, some will denounce, but there’s no political price to pay for taking on an old TN law.
Take on POTUS, and there’s a price. Who will have the courage to denounce anyway? https://t.co/AUW9hQXtEp
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 14, 2019
I can think of few worse things for the soul of the GOP or the health and unity of our republic than adopting a strategy of “be racist to own the libs.”
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 14, 2019
Could have set your watch by this https://t.co/Kv90kVMOwc
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 14, 2019
Most private sector bosses would be fired for such a tweet.
Same standards do not apply to this US President. https://t.co/zPjBr9cCb5
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 14, 2019
TV networks gave Trump TWO BILLION DOLLARS in free airtime during the 2016 election precisely because he would say the racist, sexist, harmful things like he did today.
They created the monster for ratings assuming he would lose to Hillary, only to end up assisting his victory. pic.twitter.com/ZhwnjSfw2g
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) July 15, 2019
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