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Trump Rages: Congress Should Be Voting On “Filthy Language” By Dems, Not My Totally Not Racist Tweets

Raw Story reports: President Donald Trump begged House Republicans not to join Democrats in condemning him for racist tweets against four congresswomen — and stepped up his attacks on the first-year lawmakers. House Democrats plan to vote Tuesday on a formal condemnation of the president for repeatedly telling the quartet of lawmakers to go back to their home countries, although …

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George Conway: Yes, We Have A Racist President

From George Conway’s op-ed in the Washington Post: Naivete, resentment and outright racism, roiled in a toxic mix, have given us a racist president. Trump could have used vile slurs, including the vilest of them all, and the intent and effect would have been no less clear. Telling four non-white members of Congress — American citizens all, three natural-born — …

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Fox Host: Trump’s Tweets Were Patriotic, Not Racist

“My mother has already texted me, fresh off the press, a preemptive text. ‘His tweets are racist and incendiary. Please don’t equivocate about that. You are already being criticized for having told the women’s soccer team to shut their traps. Be ethical Jesse, and don’t argue for the sake of jackass remarks.’ Mom’s not going to scare me off though, …

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Trump’s Four Targets: Impeach The Racist Now [VIDEO]

Let’s go to Fox News for this one: In spirited remarks tinged with open animosity, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., standing side-by-side with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib, declared at a news conference on Capitol Hill Monday that “it is time for us to impeach this president” for “openly violating” his constitutional oath. “The eyes of history are …

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Hannity Defends Trump Because Somalia Is Terrible

“So the president’s saying, ‘Well go back to your country, when you fix your country, and you learn how to fix that, come back and teach us how to do it here.’ Well if you look at Somalia laws, they’re pretty vicious. Women who consent to abortion or cause one are punished 1 to 5 years in jail. If you …

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AOC: Lindsey Graham Is Bringing Back McCarthyism

NBC News reports: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired back at Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Monday afternoon after he called her and three other freshman congresswomen targeted by President Trump “anti-Semitic” and “communists.” Graham made the remarks in defending a series of tweets from Trump aimed at Ocasio-Cortez and Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), telling …

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Trump Accuses Nancy Pelosi Of Racism [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: President Trump on Monday accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi of using racist comments, escalating his attacks on four first-term Democratic congresswomen to the leader of the Democratic Party. Ms. Pelosi had criticized the president on Sunday for suggesting four lawmakers of color should “go back” to their own countries, and she said that his slogan, “ …

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FINALLY: First GOP Rep To Call Trump’s Tweets “Racist”

The Hill reports: Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) on Monday became the first GOP lawmaker to publicly condemn recent tweets from President Trump as “racist.” Speaking to CNN host Christiane Amanpour, Hurd not only said Trump’s tweets were “racist” and “xenophobic,” but also labeled them “inaccurate.” “The four women he is referring to are actually citizens of the United States, three …

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Newt Gingrich: Trump Is “Better Off” Going Full Racist

“I think the president believes that the more he can get the country to look at the so-called squad, the more he can get them to realize how radical they are and how fundamentally anti-American their views are, in the long run the better off he is. I think he would like to see them as sort of the front …

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Lindsey Graham Plunges Headfirst Into Trump’s Anal Cavity: AOC And Her Crowd Hate Our Country [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cranked up the Donald Trump sycophancy by blasting the president’s Democratic enemies during his appearance on Fox & Friends Monday morning. “We all know AOC and this crowd are a bunch of communists. They hate Israel, they hate our own country. They’re calling the guards along our border, Border Patrol agents concentration camp guards. …

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Trump To End Asylum Protections For Most Migrants

PBS reports: The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president’s battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum at …

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Trump Demands Dems Apologize For “Foul Language”

Politico reports: President Trump early Monday ramped up his online attacks on a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen, asking when they will apologize to the U.S. Trump is facing a growing backlash over his tweets on Sunday telling a group of Democratic congresswomen that they should “go back” to the countries that they came from. Trump’s tweets were widely condemned …

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British PM Condemns Trump’s “Unacceptable” Racism

Yahoo News reports: Theresa May has condemned Donald Trump’s attack on female Democrat congressmen, saying the US president’s remarks were “completely unacceptable”. Mr Trump prompted fury after suggesting the unnamed politicians should “go back” to the “broken and crime infested places from which they came”. Asked about Ms May’s views on the comments, her official spokesman said: “The prime minister’s …

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Republicans Remain Silent After Trump’s Racist Attack

The Washington Post reports: A day has passed without prominent Republicans stepping forward to disagree with President Trump’s notion that four minority congresswomen who have been critical of his approach to immigration enforcement should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Insinuating that people of color are foreigners, the president used …

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Trump Doubles Down After Racist Attack On Dems

Reuters reports: President Trump late on Sunday night doubled down amid a growing backlash over his earlier tweets telling a group of Democratic congresswomen that they should “go back” to the countries that they came from. Trump was responding to outrage over comments he made earlier on Sunday in which he targeted a group of unnamed progressive congresswomen “who originally …

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Omar To Trump: You Are Stoking White Nationalism

Politico reports: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said on Sunday that President Trump is “stoking white nationalism” after he suggested unidentified progressive congresswomen should “go back” to the places they came from. Omar, who was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, came to the U.S. with her family as a refugee. Trump in an earlier tweet said that the Democratic lawmakers, who “originally …

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Pelosi Blasts Trump’s Racism: When He Says Make America Great Again, He Means Make Us White Again

The Washington Post reports: Trump’s tweets prompted a sharp response from Nancy Pelosi, who described them as racist and divisive. She also called on Trump to halt the planned ICE raids on Sunday and “work with us for humane immigration policy that reflects American values.” Other Democrats also responded with outrage, with some pointing out Trump’s history of birtherism as …

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Fox Host Cheer Trump’s Latest Racist Attack [VIDEO]

Media Matters reports: Following an earlier segment on Fox & Friends, Trump made bigoted remarks attacking Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY], Ilhan Omar [D-MN], Ayanna Pressley [D-MA], and Rashida Tlaib [D-MI], telling them to “go back” to “crime infested places from which they came.” While many commentators noted the open racism of Trump’s remarks, Fox & Friends praised Trump for “making …

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Amash Condemns Trump’s “Racist” Attack On Dems

The Hill reports: Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.), who recently left the Republican Party to become an Independent, on Sunday lambasted President Trump for telling a group of progressive congresswomen to go back to where they came from, saying it was “racist and disgusting.” The comments from Amash came just hours after Trump targeted a group of female lawmakers, saying that …

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Trump Tells Immigrant Democrats: Go Back To The “Broken And Crime-Infested Places” You Came From

The Independent reports: US President Donald Trump has said that some Democrat congresswomen from countries “whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe” should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Whilst it is not explicitly clear to whom he is referring, it comes after the president launched an extraordinary attack …

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