Trump's tweets unify a fractured Democratic Party
A series of tweets from President Trump on Sunday telling a contingent of progressive congresswomen to "go back" to the "places from which they came" allowed the Democratic Party the chance to present a unified front following a week of internal clashes.
In the tweets, Trump took aim at unnamed "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe," and called on them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."
The statements came amid escalating tensions between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the four Democratic freshman members of Congress targeted by the president, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). All four are American citizens, and all but Omar were born in the United States.
The freshman progressives have been at the center of recent rifts in the party over how to address the crisis at the southern border and racial politics.
But on Sunday, the rebuke was swift from both allies of the insurgent "Squad" and more moderate figures in Democratic House leadership.
Pelosi condemned the statements, tweeting "When @realDonaldTrump tells four American Congresswomen to go back to their countries, he reaffirms his plan to 'Make America Great Again' has always been about making America white again. Our diversity is our strength and our unity is our power."
Pelosi ally Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), did not reproduce the tweet but called Trump a "racial arsonist."
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