President Trump claims he disavows 'send her back' chant, despite remaining silent and starting racist attacks
Washington Facing an onslaught of indignation and qualms even from his inner circle, President Donald Trump claimed Thursday to be unhappy his rally crowd broke into chants of"send her back" as he denigrated a Democratic lawmaker he'd previously said should leave the US.
"I was not happy with it. I disagree with it," Trump said at the White House a day after the rally, when a crowded arena in North Carolina began the thundering chant as he assailed Rep. Ilhan Omar, a freshman Minnesota Democrat who was born in Somalia."I didn't say that," he went on,"they did.
Graham: Trump is a 'race-baiting, xenophobic' bigot 03:34Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House GOP leader, told reporters on Thursday morning the chant had"no place in our party or our country," but sought to defend the President's actions during the rally."What the President did, the President did not join in," he said."The President moved on.
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