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Thursday, July 18, 2019

Trump attacks freshman Democrats at North Carolina rally, leading crowd to chant 'send her back'

Just the mere mention of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass, the thousands of supporters gathered at the president's campaign rally launched into prolonging boos.

The president, just days after making tweets calling on the four congresswomen known as "the squad" to leave the country, slammed Rep. Omar for past comments she made regarding the terror attacks on September 11 and accused the representative of having a "history of launching vicious anti-Semitic" comments.
"Send them back," rallygoers erupted. Amid the chants, one supporter shouted "go back to Somalia." Others yelled, "traitor."

Digging in, the president launched into a vicious series of attacks aimed the four freshman congresswomen, ripping Rep. Pressley for thinking "people with the same skin color all need to think the same." On Rep. Talib, he called her out, stating she used the "F word" to describe his presidency – adding "that’s not nice, even for me." And yet, the president himself used profanity earlier in his speech, complaining about the "bullsh--" his administration has gone through thanks to the special counsel investigation.

The president also zeroed in on Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, telling the North Carolina crowd that he didn't have time to "go with three different names" and instead just opted for Cortez. And the president also reiterated his attacks from over the weekend where he told the four congresswomen to go back to their home countries.
"I said I have a suggestion for the hate-filled extremists who are constantly trying to tear our country down, they never have anything good to say, that's why I say, hey, if they don't like it let him leave. Leave, let him leave," the president said.
In response to the president's rally, Rep. Omar shared an excerpt from the Maya Angelou poem "Still I Rise" on Twitter.

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