Published Monday, July 15, 2019 9:08AM EDTWASHINGTON -- Defiant in the face of widespread criticism, U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his belligerent call on Monday for four Democratic congresswomen of colour to get out of the U.S. "right now," cementing his position as the most willing U.S. leader in generations to stoke the discord that helped send him to the White House.
There was near unanimous condemnation from Democrats for Trump's comments and a rumble of discontent from a subset of Republicans -- but notably not from the party's congressional leaders. The president's words, which evoked the trope of telling black people to go back to Africa, may have been partly meant to widen the divides within the House Democratic caucus, which has been riven by internal debate over how best to oppose his policies. And while Trump's attacks brought Democrats together in defence of their colleagues, his allies noted he was also having some success in making the controversial progressive lawmakers the face of their party.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who said Trump's campaign slogan truly means he wants to "make America white again," announced Monday that the House would vote on a resolution condemning his new comments. The resolution "strongly condemns President Donald Trump's racist comments" and says they "have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of colour.
Trump has faced few consequences for such attacks in the past. They typically earn him cycles of wall-to-wall media attention. He is wagering that his most steadfast supporters will be energized by the controversy as much, or if not more so, than the opposition.
Chao is one of the few minorities among the largely white and male aides in high-profile roles in Trump's administration. She is the wife of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who declined comment Monday on Trump's attacks.
what a leading statement... didn't read the full tweet did you? he's not Racist IStandWithTrump IStandWithPresidentTrump
Lots of people agreed with Hitler, and we all know how that turned out. Next thing you know he will have concentration camps.... Oh wait, he does. How are more people not freaked out
The corrupt GOP is being taken apart and sent to jail piece by piece. RED HAT = HATRED.
Oh, well if 'many people agree' it must be ok. There are all those fine Nazi's and members of the Kkk for example.
Many people agreed with Hitler also.
That's... Not a defence
I agree with him. Wish one of our Canadian politicians had the balls to say it here. I see too many hateful people who come from ravished countries, hate Canada except the money given to them
Ya... like the KKK and the Proud Boys... and most ppl FoxFriendsFirst
More people disagree with him like Biden, Sanders, Warren and Harris all polling higher to beat him in 2020 !!!
Wasn’t racist fake news
And he is right....there are more 'birds of the same feather' with trump as people might have imagine....
Those “many” that agree with you are in your head.
NOT RACIST , JUST THE TRUTH!!!!If anyone doesn’t like it here or in the U S THEN LEAVE !!!!!!!
Please show me how the tweets were racist. FakeNewsMedia
Shut up CTV do your homework activists he’s talking about people who don’t like the country not race idiots
Trump is expressing the views of his base which continues to grow. “If you don’t like America, get out or leave now”. The left label everyone that disagrees with them as racist. Let’s be clear, these four woman are radical leftist, they need to be called out.
They should be working for the American people not illegal immigrants or marrying their Isis brother. POTUS is bang on.
I agree as well, you dingbat!
🖕trump and your supporters, down there and abroad.
Most people agree he is Hilter Reborn too.
When will you ask Scheer what he thinks?
“Many people” is what he calls the voices in his head. When he does ridiculous things, I wonder what he is distracting us from. Or, setting it up so the next thing seems not too bad in comparison.
That doesn’t make it right!
Many people believe the Earth is flat, too....and that climate change is fake news.
And many MORE totally DISAGREE! BAFPON! JUST QUIT!
It is true, many people do agree with him, and they all wear white hoods...
PC world has gone mad. Speaking the truth is now a hate crime.
..and every Republican..their silence speaks volumes🙉☹
Most people agree with him. Read his thread on the ‘racist’ tweet and you’ll see clearly there was NOTHING racist.
Yeah, racists
I've been trying to find his racists tweets. Can someone show me where they are?
Oh look at Jihadi Trudeau news jumping on the bandwagon of Trump's racist mean while their own prime minister is a freaking criminal did so many crimes but they Praise Him never a bad word to say give me a break fake News Network
The unbiased Canadian media everyone
A lot of people know that Trump is an idiot. This just proves it! Telling women who are U.S.A citizens that if they don't like the country, they should leave. What idiocy.
'Very fine people,' I'm sure. nazis
Here is a racist card for you from your, whatever he is.
Did anyone actually think he would respond any different Need to stop covering this!! More important news stories in the world than this!!!
What was Racist ?
CTV does the usual one sided report and didn’t cover any of the vile and hateful comments made by the four radicals who are anti Semitic and anti American. So typical.
He is right! IStandWithTrump
Yes, the KKK, Nazis, and the Alt Right all agree with and support him. That should be the biggest red flag. No pun intended.
They weren’t racist liars
Deplorable and ignorant people agree with realDonaldTrump on this comment. Validate them, you dismantle democracy as we've known it since 1946.
Canada fascinated by its insanity...😘🤣
I agree with Trump...
I love his 'many people agree with me' statement. That says a great deal about the people that agree with him, but not much about his tweet. He should stop tweeting crap and let those on his team who have some tact and reason (hopefully there art some), tell him what to say.
He likes to put his foot in his mouth, doesn't he? 'Yeah. I don't care if people think I'm racist, lots of people agree with me.' THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING!!!
He is right. Many people come here and abuse the system and still not happy
If you dont like it you can go, that's all it is. I dont see how thats racist
They weren’t racist and you’re fake news.
Made headlines in Canada
Yup. The owest common denominator
You are right. Every member of the KKK is a big fan.
They weren't racist.
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