Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump is 'not a racist' after Trump tweeted over the weekend that four congresswomen of color should return to their native countries. All of the congresswomen are American citizens.
1 / 9Congress McConnellSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, listens as Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., left, speaks to reporters following the weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 9, 2019.
Pressed by reporters as to whether he thought the president is a racist, McConnell said:"the president is not a racist."Ben Carson is standing by President Donald Trump amid an ongoing uproar over Trump's tweets urging four Democratic congresswomen of color to return to their countries that have been widely labeled racist.
Carson is also asking whether people would"rather have a non-politician" in office"whose speech is unfiltered who gets a lot of stuff done or somebody with a silver tongue who gets nothing done."Trump has defended his comments, insisting they"were NOT Racist.
Trump's tweets and remarks have put Republicans on the defensive as they defend their Senate majority. All four of the Democratic women are American citizens elected to Congress last year.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are offended by what President Donald Trump he has said"about our sisters."
Pelosi's remarks were recounted by an aide who attended the session and who spoke on condition of anonymity because the aide wasn't authorized to speak on the record.President Donald Trump says his tweets telling four female Democratic lawmakers of color to"go back" to the broken countries from which they came were"NOT Racist."
Trump also criticized plans by the House to vote on a resolution condemning his comments. He called Tuesday's expected vote on the resolution a"Democrat con game" and said Republicans"should not show 'weakness' and fall into their trap."House Democrats are planning a vote on a resolution that condemns President Donald Trump's racist comments about four congresswomen of color.
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