Here are the Republicans calling out Trump’s ‘go back’ comments

“The Tweet President Trump posted over the weekend about fellow Members of Congress are not reflective of the values of the 1,000,000+ people in Texas 22. We are proud to be the most diverse Congressional district in America. I urge our President immediately disavow his comments,” Olson said over Twitter.

Another Texas Republican, Rep. Will Hurd, went one step further and told CNN that the comments were racist.

“Those tweets are racist, and xenophobic,” Hurd said. “It’s also behavior that’s unbecoming of the leader of the free world. He should be talking about things that unite, not divide us.”

Also joining the condemnation Monday was Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, who in a string of two tweets rebuked the remarks.

“Frankly I’m appalled by the President’s tweets. There’s no excuse. Inflammatory rhetoric from both sides of the aisle that is used to divide us just isn’t right. It’s not helpful. We have too many challenges facing us…

“…that we ought to be working on together – immigration, the debt ceiling, the border crisis. The President’s tweets were flat out wrong and uncalled for, and I would encourage my colleagues from both parties to stop talking so much and start governing more,” Upton said.

Another Michigan Republican, Rep. Bill Huizenga, said in a Monday statement that he “strongly disagrees” with Trump’s tweets.

“Every duly elected official needs to lead by example, end the personal character assassination attacks, and focus on finding ways to work together to make America the best it can be. We are better than this — let’s start showing it,” he said.

Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey released a statement which said that “President Trump was wrong to suggest that four left-wing congresswomen should go back to where they came from. Three of the four were born in America and the citizenship of all four is as valid as mine. … We should defeat their ideas on the merits”

Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said that although she disagrees with “many of the views and comments of some of the far-left members of the House Democratic caucus,” she also called out Trump’s remarks, saying they were “way over the line, and he should take that down.”

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, also known for being a moderate Republican, called Trump’s comments “spiteful.”

“There is no excuse for the president’s spiteful comments –they were absolutely unacceptable and this needs to stop,” she tweeted, adding, “We have enough challenges addressing the humanitarian crises both at our borders and around the world. Instead of digging deeper into the mud with personal, vindictive insults –we must demand a higher standard of decorum and decency.”

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who is black, criticized the “racially offensive language” of the tweets.

“Instead of sharing how the Democratic Party’s far-left, pro-socialist policies … are wrong for the future of our nation, the President interjected with unacceptable personal attacks and racially offensive language,” Scott reportedly said.

Former GOP governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate John Kasich said the comments were deplorable.

“What @realDonaldTrump said about Democrat women in Congress is deplorable and beneath the dignity of the office. We all, including Republicans, need to speak out against these kinds of comments that do nothing more than divide us and create deep animosity – maybe even hatred,” he said in a tweet, adding, “At the base of America is a Jewish and Christian tradition that says that we must realize that we are all brothers and sisters. Rhetoric like the President’s works against that foundation of our country and all that we teach our children.”

Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake commented on the remarks, calling them “vile and offensive.”

“I’ve often said that Republican elected officials can’t be expected to respond to every comment by the President. But there are times when the President’s comments are so vile and offensive that it is incumbent on Republicans to respond and condemn. This is one of those times,” he said.

New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik said that Trump’s comments were “unacceptable.”

“While I strongly disagree with the tactics, policies, and rhetoric of the far-left socialist ‘Squad,’ the President’s tweets were inappropriate, denigrating, and wrong. It is unacceptable to to tell legal U.S. citizens to go back to their home country,” she said over Twitter.

2012 Republican presidential nominee and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney also condemned the remarks.

“I certainly feel a number of these new members of Congress have views that are not consistent with my experience and not consistent with building a strong America,” Romney said. “At the same time, I recognize that the president has a unique and noble calling to unite all Americans regardless of our creeds or race or place of our national origin and I think in that case, the president fell far short.”

Romney wouldn’t go so far as to call the president’s comments racist, but said they were “very wrong.”

“You know, a lot of people have been using the word and my own view is that what was said and what was tweeted was destructive, was demeaning, was disunifying, and frankly it was very wrong.”

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas also wouldn’t call Trump’s tweets racist. He said he thought they were “a mistake and an unforced error.”

When further pressed to explain if he thought the statement was racist, Cornyn said, “No, I’m not going to explain anything, that’s all I need to say.”

Trump tweeted about the group of lawmakers Sunday morning. Only one of the four women who are part of the “the Squad,” Omar, is an immigrant.

“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…

“….and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how….,” he added, “….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!” Trump said in a string of three tweets.

There was round condemnation of the comments from Democrats, including the four women the tweet targeted. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who has recently feuded with the group, also hit back at Trump over the remarks. She said that Trump’s “plan to ‘Make America Great Again’ has always been about making America white again.”

This story is developing and will be updated.