Trump, meanwhile, doubles down, arguing “many people agree with me.”
condemning the comments—forcing silent Republicans to weigh in—while the president doubled down, saying, “Many people agree with me.
”targeted four freshmen Democratic House representatives, which in addition to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar includes Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and said they should “go back” to the “totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
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