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Trump Defiant Ahead of House to Vote to Condemn His 'Racist Comments'

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump, under fire for criticism of
   four House Democratic congresswomen that has been deemed racist and
   xenophobic, is not backing down.

   Trump, who has said the lawmakers should leave the United States, was
   asked by a reporter where they should go.

   "It's up to them. Wherever they want -- or they can stay," replied the
   president during Tuesday's Cabinet meeting. "But they should love our
   country. They shouldn't hate our country."

   Trump, holding up pieces of paper, said he has "a list of things here
   said by the congresswomen that are so bad, so horrible that I don't
   want to read it."

   The president added, "it's my opinion, they hate our country."

   Hours earlier on Twitter, Trump declared, "I don't have a racist bone
   in my body" as he continued to push back on criticism about his
   comments directed at the four women of color, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria
   Ocasio-Cortez, Ayana Pressley and Rashida Tlaib.

     .....Congresswomen, who I truly believe, based on their actions,
     hate our Country. Get a list of the HORRIBLE things they have said.
     Omar is polling at 8%, Cortez at 21%. Nancy Pelosi tried to push
     them away, but now they are forever wedded to the Democrat Party.
     See you in 2020!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]July 16, 2019

   Trump has repeatedly since Sunday targeted the four members of the
   House of Representatives.

   The Democrat-led House of Representatives is set to vote Tuesday on a
   resolution "condemning President Trump's racist comments" targeting the
   four lawmakers.

   House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced the vote and said he hoped
   Republicans would "put country before party" and vote in favor of the
   measure alongside Democrats.

   The resolution is being condemned by the Republicans, who are in the
   minority in the House.

   "It's all politics," decried the Republican leader in the House, Kevin
   McCarthy.

   "This is one more chance to go after our president," said Rep. Steve
   Scalise, the second highest-ranking Republican in the House.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1151129281919102976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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