Trump “does not know how to defend his policies, so what he does is attack us personally,” AOC said. “And that is what this is about”
telling the women of color to “go back” to their countries in a press conference Monday. The four U.S. citizens—who, excepting the Somalian-born Omar, were all born in the U.S.—emphasized that the president's “xenophobic, bigoted remarks” are a “distraction” from his inhumane policies, with Pressley telling reporters: “We should not take the bait.” “We can sit here and continue to recycle his hateful rhetoric, of which I can not feign surprise . . .
The congresswomen were clear and direct about the nature of Trump's bigoted tweets, which Tlaib described as “simply a continuation of his racist and xenophobic playbook.” Yet the women were emphatic that the president's comments would not divide them or take their eye off their progressive agenda—and that other Americans of color should not take them to heart.
In the wake of his initial tweetstorm decrying the elected representatives for speaking out against the treatment of immigrants in detention facilities, the president has only doubled down on his comments, insisting that the women should be
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