US congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, right, speaks as she, together with colleagues Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, hold a press conference to address remarks made by President Donald Trump, which they viewed as xenophobic and racist.US President Donald Trump renewed attacks Sunday on four Democratic congresswomen he launched xenophobic tweets against last week, demanding they apologise"for the horrible things they have said.
"I don't believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country," Trump tweeted of ethnic-minority first-term Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley. "They should apologize to America for the horrible things they have said. They are destroying the Democrat Party, but are weak & insecure people who can never destroy our great Nation!" the president tweeted.
The comments come a week after Trump sparked a firestorm of outrage when he attacked the left-leaning lawmakers with a series of tweets, saying they should"go back" to their countries of origin. The group, three of whom were born in the United States, are of Hispanic, Arab, Somali and African-American descent.
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