Trump doubles down on the racist Squad fight, and the cleanup just gets uglier
Trump spent July 21 digging in on his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, after the previous week’s “go back” tweet had already set off a broad backlash. He followed it up with another message dismissing them as incapable of loving the country and then amplified a cable-TV screed that poured gasoline on the same fire. Republicans who wanted this to disappear instead got dragged into another round of damage control, while state GOP leaders and other conservatives kept condemning the uglier rhetoric around the episode.
First recorded Jul 21, 2019·Meaningfully updated Jul 21, 2019
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Trump doubles down on the racist Squad fight, and the cleanup just gets uglier
Trump spent July 21 digging in on his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, after the previous week’s “go back” tweet had already set off a broad backlash. He followed it up with another message dismissing them as incapable of loving the country and then amplified a cable-TV screed that poured gasoline on the same fire. Republicans who wanted this to disappear instead got dragged into another round of damage control, while state GOP leaders and other conservatives kept condemning the uglier …
Trump spent July 21 digging in on his attack on four Democratic congresswomen, after the previous week’s “go back” tweet had already set off a broad backlash. He followed it up with another message dismissing them as incapable of loving the country and then amplified a cable-TV screed that poured gasoline on the same fire. Republicans who wanted this to disappear instead got dragged into another round of damage cont…
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