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July 19, 2019

Trump Disavows "Send Her Home" Chant After Racist Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar
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President Trump sought to distance himself Thursday from racist chants
made by his supporters at a campaign rally in North Carolina on
Wednesday evening. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump insisted that he
"felt a little bit badly" about the chorus of "Send her back" directed
at Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a naturalized U.S. citizen who
was born in Somalia and came to the United States as a political
refugee. She has been a U.S. citizen longer than the first lady, Melania
Trump. Trump made the claim even though video of Wednesday evening's
incident shows he did nothing to intervene as his supporters chanted
"Send her back!"

President Donald Trump: "Omar has a history of launching vicious
anti-Semitic screeds."

Crowd: "Send her back! Send her back! Send her back! Send her back! Send
her back! Send her back! Send her back!"

Trump waited a full 13 seconds before continuing his verbal attack on
Congressmember Omar. This came just three days after Trump attacked Omar
and three other progressive Democratic congresswomen of color on
Twitter, writing, "Why don't they go back and help fix the totally
broken and crime infested places from which they came."


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