Trump Launches Racist Attack Against ‘Progressive Democrat Congresswomen’

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President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday morning to rail against “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen” and “the worst, most corrupt and inept” countries they supposedly come from.

In series of dog whistled-filled tweets, Trump complained about the unnamed congresswomen whom he claims come from “corrupt and inept” countries “loudly and viciously” telling the U.S. “how our government is to be run.”

He then suggested they “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

“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 it is done,” Trump tweeted. “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!” he continued.

Though Trump didn’t specify exactly who he was referring to, U.S-born progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is of Puerto Rican descent and has been butting heads with House Speaker Nancy (D-CA) recently.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who is from Somalia, also seemingly criticized Pelosi last week over the House Speaker’s comments about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against the Israeli government.

The other members of the House’s progressive “Squad” include Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), both of whom were born in the U.S like Ocasio-Cortez but also happen to be women of color.

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  1. Trump is just stirring the pot. He can see the divisions and he is working at exploiting them. Democrats need to stick together. All of them. They can save their purity wars for a time when Trump is replaced by a President with a D behind him or her name and Mitch McConnell is no longer running the US Senate like it was his own personal kingdom. And that goes for both progressives and moderates. Stop the obnoxious tweeting.

  2. Last I checked, AOC was born in NYC. So in calling PR [which is of course part of the US] the “worst most corrupt and inept” country he knows, Trump is projecting at his best. Why does he hate the USA?

  3. 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…

    Sounds a bit like the US right now, but of course, he doesn’t recognize that.

  4. In series of dog whistled-filled tweets

    Proof that the dogs who follow him are deaf and dumb.

    “places from which they came”

    Classic Trumpian phraseology. He needs a better ghost writer who can convincingly capture his essence.

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