NEW: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to ABC: If GOP lawmakers 'go on the record condoning the president telling women of color to go back to their own country, I invite them to, because we will win the 2020 election.'
House Democrats moved to formally rebuke President Donald Trump's attacks against four Democratic congresswomen of color, readying a Tuesday night vote on a measure condemning his"racist" Twitter attacks telling the progressive lawmakers to"go back" to their countries.
The measure, introduced by Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., who was born in Poland, is titled"Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed at Members of Congress." "This is a disruptive distraction from the issues of care, concern and consequence to the American people," Pressley said. I am confident that every Member of Congress is a committed American. @realDonaldTrump's tweets from this weekend were racist and he should apologize. We must work as a country to rise above hate, not enable it.
In response, Ocasio-Cortez told ABC News that McConnell is"complicit in advancing racism in America" for not criticizing Trump." House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told reporters on Tuesday that he didn't consider Trump's comments to be racist, and accused Democrats of trying to play politics against Trump with the resolution on the floor.
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