Unbowed, Trump intensifies attacks on four Democratic congresswomen

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Unbowed, Trump intensifies attacks on four Democratic congresswomen

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks while hosting a group of victims of religious persecution in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 17, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

GREENVILLE, North Carolina/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump intensified his vilification of four liberal lawmakers as un-American at a raucous rally on Wednesday, underscoring that the attacks will be a key part of his strategy for winning re-election in 2020.

 

Despite criticism from Democrats that his comments about the four minority congresswomen are racist, Trump went on a 20-minute diatribe about them, saying they were welcome to leave the country if they do not like his policies on issues such as immigration and defending Israel.

 

"So these congresswomen, their comments are helping to fuel the rise of a dangerous, militant hard left," Trump said to roars from the crowd in North Carolina, a state seen as key to his re-election.

 

Trump tweeted on the weekend that the four progressive representatives, known as "the squad" - Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Ohio - should "go back" where they came from, even though all are U.S. citizens and three are U.S.-born.

 

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he's "winning the political fight" a day after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to condemn Trump for comments widely criticized as racist against four minority Democratic congresswomen. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The 240-187 vote, which split mainly along party lines, was the culmination of three days of outrage sparked by a Trump tweetstorm that diverted attention from other business in Washington but had little impact on the president's overall approval rating, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Trump is seeking re-election next year. The measure was aimed at shaming Trump and his fellow Republicans who stood by him.

Trump had told the group of congresswomen on Sunday to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came."

 

The aim, one source close to Trump said, was to make Democrats look as far left as possible to moderate voters as he girds for a tough re-election battle in November 2020.

 

"He is trying to make them the face of the Democratic Party as we move closer into the 2020 cycle and he’s trying to highlight them as a fringe crowd as much as possible so it turns off your middle-of-the-road voters," the source said.

 

As Trump recounted past comments made by Omar - who was born in Somalia and emigrated to the United States as a child - the crowd began chanting: "Send her back!"

 

"Tonight I have a suggestion for the hate-filled extremists who are constantly trying to tear our country down. They never have anything good to say. That's why I say: 'Hey, if they don't like it, let them leave. Let them leave,'" Trump said.

 

WINNING TACTIC?

The Twitter attacks over the weekend initially caused some heartburn for Trump advisers who felt he had gone too far. But two advisers said Trump's subsequent tweets had since offered a contrasting view, that the political views of the four lawmakers - known as the "squad" - were socialist, out of the mainstream and hateful to their home country, compared with that of the president and his flag-waving rhetoric.

 

"If the American people have to choose between the squad and the president, then that's an easy decision for voters to make," said one adviser.

 

Trump, who during his 2016 campaign voiced harsh assessments of the state of the country, tweeted a video ahead of the rally that featured patriotic scenes of the president meeting Americans, with frequent images of the American flag. It ended with the slogan: "America - One Squad Under God."

 

The tactic follows a well-worn path for Trump, who called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States during his 2016 campaign. His proposal drew widespread criticism at the time, but Republicans overwhelmingly supported it, and it was a factor in his victory that year.

 

Over the weekend, Trump inserted himself into what had been an internecine Democratic Party fight that pitted Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Pressley against House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who publicly doubted their level of influence among fellow House Democrats.

 

Traditionally, politicians feel they gain most when they remain silent as their opponents fight among themselves. But Trump, never one to resist stirring up a firestorm, weighed in like a charging bull.

 

He first defended Pelosi, then attacked the four. That prompted Pelosi to switch tactics and defend her flock, prompting Trump and other Republicans to argue the squad's attempts to push the Democratic Party to the left were working.

 

The Democratic-controlled House voted on Tuesday largely along party lines to formally condemn Trump's remarks as "racist."

 

His attacks had a spur-of-the-moment quality to them that the Republican Party later built a strategy around.

 

Barry Bennett, who advised Trump's 2016 campaign, said the tactic had worked. "The Democratic Party last week was trying to distance itself from the squad, and this week they’re hugging them, and that is a massive win for Trump," he said.

 

But not all Republicans were comfortable with the approach.

 

"I'm disappointed in the tweets," said Steve Duprey, a member of the Republican National Committee from New Hampshire.

 

"I know the president is subject to lots of attacks, but he should always try to turn the other cheek and take the high road in my view," Duprey said.

 

(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland; additional reporting by Eric Beech, Roberta Rampton, Makini Brice; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh and Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-18

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[Thailand]

The leader of the free world,very scary!

His redneck white KKK base must be wetting themselves with all this hate he spews.

[wayned]

This is what this election is going to be about.  He is going to attack the republicans from every angle painting them as far right socialists.   He doesn't want to get into discussions about health care and national debt because he has no plan.  He thinks that attacking his opponent in this way is a winner for him.

[ThreeEyedRaven]

I am not sure which is most sad, the shockingly racist attack by Trump, or some otherwise good men and women from the Republican party not standing up and condemning it. Trump is not making America great again with such vitriolic hate filled speech, he is dragging it further and further into the gutter. 

[Chomper Higgot]

This was not spare of the moment stuff from Trump.

 

His first remarks where followed by Kelly Anne Conway asking a reporter who was querying Trumps racist remarks, ‘what is your ethnicity?’.

 

This has all the hallmarks of Steve Millar.

 

The GOP sit on their hands as racists take control of their party, the White House and the Nation.

 

America has a very clear choice to make.

[Cryingdick]

48 minutes ago, wayned said:

This is what this election is going to be about.  He is going to attack the republicans from every angle painting them as far right socialists.   He doesn't want to get into discussions about health care and national debt because he has no plan.  He thinks that attacking his opponent in this way is a winner for him.

LOl this doesn't even make sense.

 

[TopDeadSenter]

People don't realize quite how high the stakes are here. This is all about winning 2020 at any cost. The MAGA movement is gaining critical mass and I believe it is not overstatement to say that the Trump train can actually "save" the western world from the descent into far left fascism/marxism. Trump will keep Americans (and by proxy  Europeans/Australians who essentially with some delay copy political movements across the pond) free, healthy and wealthy.

 That a few people are triggered by uncomfortable facts is a small price to pay for assuring our descendants a decent life, free from the terrible realities of strict socialism and the intolerance and misery it would cause.

 Go for it Trump!!

[Cryingdick]

7 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

People don't realize quite how high the stakes are here. This is all about winning 2020 at any cost. The MAGA movement is gaining critical mass and I believe it is not overstatement to say that the Trump train can actually "save" the western world from the descent into far left fascism/marxism. Trump will keep Americans (and by proxy  Europeans/Australians who essentially with some delay copy political movements across the pond) free, healthy and wealthy.

 That a few people are triggered by uncomfortable facts is a small price to pay for assuring our descendants a decent life, free from the terrible realities of strict socialism and the intolerance and misery it would cause.

 Go for it Trump!!

 

People camped out overnight to get into this event. Where as the dems are lucky to get a few hundred.

 

I notice Chomper of all people doesn't like the comment. However you can't find a dem campaign event where they use wide angles because there are simply such low turn outs.

[Chomper Higgot]

6 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

People don't realize quite how high the stakes are here. This is all about winning 2020 at any cost. The MAGA movement is gaining critical mass and I believe it is not overstatement to say that the Trump train can actually "save" the western world from the descent into far left fascism/marxism. Trump will keep Americans (and by proxy  Europeans/Australians who essentially with some delay copy political movements across the pond) free, healthy and wealthy.

 That a few people are triggered by uncomfortable facts is a small price to pay for assuring our descendants a decent life, free from the terrible realities of strict socialism and the intolerance and misery it would cause.

 Go for it Trump!!

Wrong in all respects, starting with ‘People don’t realize quite how high the stakes are’ and getting worse as you rambled on.

[bristolboy]

Clearly those chanting Trump supporters are definitely not bigots.

Trump rally crowd chants 'send her back' about Ilhan Omar

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453633-trump-rally-crowd-chants-send-her-back-about-omar

 

[marcusarelus]

1 hour ago, Thailand said:

The leader of the free world,very scary!

His redneck white KKK base must be wetting themselves with all this hate he spews.

Seems the next election will be a slam dunk.  Democrat leader Sen. Chuck Schumer Backs Bill on slavery reparations.  It's just a matter of numbers.  How many Americans want to pay Slavery reparations?  Trump needed a way to bring this up and now he has one.  

[edwinchester]

What a vile hate filled xenophobe that man is. These women are not trying to tear down the US, exactly the opposite, they are the ones attempting to make it great again by dragging it out of the sewer Trump is plunging it into.

[Cryingdick]

2 minutes ago, edwinchester said:

What a vile hate filled xenophobe that man is. These women are not trying to tear down the US, exactly the opposite, they are the ones attempting to make it great again by dragging it out of the sewer Trump is plunging it into.

 

You can't say make it great again that's racist. It's like walking around in a MAGA hat.

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, Cryingdick said:

 

You can't say make it great again that's racist. It's like walking around in a MAGA hat.

Have you cut the ‘Made in China’ label out or are you leaving it in as a reminder of Trump’s hypocrisy?

[Cryingdick]

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Have you cut the ‘Made in China’ label out or are you leaving it in as a reminder of Trump’s hypocrisy?

 

Just pointing out the irony that the brat pack almost said make it great again. Look at the clips. Anyway it is no worse than preaching we have 12 years left and flying around in private jets.

[attrayant]

32 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

People camped out overnight to get into this event.

 

 

What is "this event"?  I didn't see any specific event in the post you quoted.

[Cryingdick]

4 minutes ago, attrayant said:

 

What is "this event"?  I didn't see any specific event in the post you quoted.

 

The rally in North Carolina that was packed to the gills. Trump is a rock star when it comes to campaign rallies and this isn't even in doubt. It is also the event that the main article talks about. 

[Orton Rd]

2 hours ago, Thailand said:

The leader of the free world,very scary!

His redneck white KKK base must be wetting themselves with all this hate he spews.

Calling out traitors and the socialistic nonsense they come out with is not 'hate' more like duty.

[Uptooyoo]

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

This was not spare of the moment stuff from Trump.

 

His first remarks where followed by Kelly Anne Conway asking a reporter who was querying Trumps racist remarks, ‘what is your ethnicity?’.

 

This has all the hallmarks of Steve Millar.

 

The GOP sit on their hands as racists take control of their party, the White House and the Nation.

 

America has a very clear choice to make.

Just as Democrats sit on their hands while radical socialists take control of the Democrat party. No party represents the vast majority of centrists. No clear choice to make. The middle is being forced to take a side, to choose either extreme group. America needs a third party.  

[katana]

Trump does have a point. You have to wonder about Omar. Here's what she said about 9/11:
"...CAIR [Council on American-Islamic Relations] was founded after 9/11 because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties..."
9/11...some people did something?????

 

 

[sammieuk1]

I suppose you have to feel sorry for Trump supporters they must be in a very very bad place???? 

[attrayant]

10 minutes ago, katana said:

Trump does have a point.

 

 

No he does not have any point at all, except for the one under his MAGA hat.  Trump is suggesting that nobody should ever criticize their government.  Are you really supporting that idea?

[DrTuner]

Looks like 2020 is going to be the last stand of the white straight middle aged men. Too bad I can't vote.

[Cryingdick]

2 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Looks like 2020 is going to be the last stand of the white straight middle aged men. Too bad I can't vote.

 

Why can't you vote? Even the Boston bomber deserves the right to.

[DrTuner]

5 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

Why can't you vote? Even the Boston bomber deserves the right to.

Because I'm not 'murican.

[MadMuhammad]

Trump will romp it in in 2020 by a record margin ????????

[quandow]

1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:

 

People camped out overnight to get into this event. Where as the dems are lucky to get a few hundred.

 

I notice Chomper of all people doesn't like the comment. However you can't find a dem campaign event where they use wide angles because there are simply such low turn outs.

And you know this is absolute rubbish. Bernie still draws tens of thousands but both left and right MSM have been given the word to denounce or ignore him.

[Skallywag]

The Democrats cannot win with intellect, experience, or reason.  They tried that in 2016 and it did not work.  Republicans are never going stand up and vilify their "leader" , has that ever happened in history?

 

If the economy/stock market stays strong and unemployment low, democrats have nothing to stand for that will win a presidential election IMO.

 

Nothing for democrats to do but spend 100's of millions picking their eventual candidate amongst the many, he/she loses, then complain until the next election in 2024. 

 

The game is politics and Trump's minions and corporate backers know how to win

 

[jvs]

5 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Telling others what is offensive and what is not is trying to plant your values in their system. I could tell you where you can go shove them.

 

By my count about 56% of the world population are now nazis and racists. I base that on the amount whining in the internet. 

 

I see the fab four basically as anchor children trying to pull in their own representative minorities to the US in an effort to dilute the culture and take it over with their ideas. In other words, to turn the country into a same kind of shithole the illegal immigrants are from. Trump is right. This is happening all over the world and the locals are not supposed to say anything or defend their way of life. Sod that. 

Thank you for proving my point,have a great day!

I deleted a few  things in my original response,i did not want you to spil your gun oil in your coffee.

[xylophone]

4 minutes ago, jvs said:

Thank you and it should be offensive to any normal thinking modern person.

People who agree with trump  on this really are not far away from being a nazi themselves,but do they realise that?

 

 

Agree, but what I can't understand is how there are people on this thread and forum who argue that Trump's comments are not racist, when they are clearly and obviously that.

 

There is no argument, or there should be no argument or discussion, because it is blatantly obvious what he said and that the comments are racist.

 

That there are Trump supporters who condone this says so much more about them than posters on here ever can, yet they just don't want to see it for whatever reason. 

 

That the support for this clown seems to be increasing, even after his abhorrent tweets, is a sad indictment as to the type of people to whom he appeals.