Donald Trump Renewed his Attacks on Four Democratic Congresswomen, Demanding they Apologize “For The Horrible (hateful) Things They Have Said.”

“I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country,” Trump tweeted of ethnic-minority first-term Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley. “They should apologise to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said. They are destroying the Democrat Party, but are weak & insecure people who can never destroy our great Nation!” the president tweeted. The comments come a week after Trump sparked a firestorm of outrage when he attacked the left-leaning lawmakers in a series of tweets, saying they should “go back” to their countries of origin. The group — all American citizens, three of whom were born in the United States —are of Hispanic, Arab, Somali and African-American descent.

US Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, speaks as, from left, Rep Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, Rep Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass, listen during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. — AP
US Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, speaks as, from left, Rep Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich, Rep Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass, listen during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. — AP

In a rare move, Trump was rebuked by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday for “racist comments” against the women, who are known as the “Squad.” The following day chants of “Send her back!” broke out at the president’s “Make America Great Again” rally in Greenville, North Carolina, when he again attacked the women. Trump claimed falsely that Omar had said the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda made her “proud” and he described the congresswomen as “left-wing ideologues (who) see our nation as a force of evil.”

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