The House on Tuesday will vote on a disapproval resolution condemning President Trump's comments in which he said that a group of freshmen congresswomen of color should 'go back' where 'they came' from.
have rebuked the president for his remarks and some have denounced them as racist. On Sunday, Trump wrote that the congresswomen should"go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came," instead of criticizing his government.
"Then come back and show us how it is done," he added."These places need your help badly, you can't leave fast enough." Trump was referring to a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen: Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.
if he was concerned with his comments being called racist, the president said Monday,"It doesn’t concern me because many people agree with me.", the four congresswomen reamed Trump for the remarks and portrayed him as a lawless president. Omar said Trump was promoting"the agenda of white nationalists" and called Trump's remarks"blatantly racist."Alex Moe is a Capitol Hill producer for NBC News covering the House of Representatives.
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