Trump's racist tweets to be put to US House resolution vote 'condemning his xenophobia'
Mr Trump doubled down on his statements Monday saying anyone who doesn't like living in the US 'should leave'
The US House of Representatives will vote on a resolution ācondemningā Donald Trumpās āxenophobic tweetsā, after the president lashed out at minority politicians in a racist Twitter rant telling them to āgo backā to where they came from.
The president's tweets were directed at women like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley, all of whom were born in the United States. A fourth, Ilhan Omar, was born in Somalia, but became a US citizen at the age of 17.
In a letter sent to her Democratic colleagues, House speaker Nancy Pelosi urged her caucus to vote in favour of the resolution, and said Mr Trumpās statements were ābeyond his own low standards using disgraceful language about Members of Congressā.
Mr Trump, soon after the news broke that the House would hold such a vote, spoke about the incident at the White House, and doubled down on his position.
āIf somebody has a problem with our country, if somebody doesnāt want to be in our country, they should leave,ā Mr Trump told a gaggle of reporters. The president has also said that he does not believe his statements were racist.
But, the comments have raised fury in Washington, and has become a potentially unifying force for Democrats who had in recent days been enduring a major rift between the progressives Mr Trump targeted and the more centrist politicians like Ms Pelosi.
As those Democrats decried Mr Trump's remarks as racist, Republicans remained silent on the issue, keeping in line with previous behaviour from the party when the bombastic president has found himself on the receiving end of criticism for racist and hateful remarks.
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