Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is “complicit in advancing racism” by not condemning President Trump for recent tweets directed her way.
“You tell American citizens to ‘go back’ to their country, especially when we are sworn citizens and duly elected by fellow American citizens of the United States. That has everything to do with race because they have targeted four congresswomen of color who are American citizens with a classic line of white supremacy,” the New York Democrat said Tuesday. “Frankly, the majority leader is complicit in advancing racism in America if he doesn’t even have the backbone to speak out against the most basic, basic line.”
McConnell said Tuesday that Trump is not racist, but added that both Republicans and Democrats need to take more measured rhetoric.
“The president is not a racist,” the Kentucky Republican said.
“It’s about time we lowered the temperature all across the board,” McConnell added “All of us ought to contribute to a better level of discourse.”
Trump said that Ocasio-Cortez, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib should “go back” to their home countries. The four representatives held a press conference Monday in which they condemned the remarks as xenophobic and racist.
So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019
….it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019
