>> sadly, this is not the first, nor will it be the last time we hear disgusting bigoted language from the president. we know this is who he is. >> this is the agenda of white nationalists and now it's reached the white house garden. >> reporter: trump later intensifying his racist clash in another tweet storm calling the congresswomen anti-american, and falsely insinuating representative omar without mentioning her name is pro-al qaeda. as few as 19 republicans in congress denounced president trump's comments. >> i think those tweets are racist and xenophobic. they're also inaccurate. >> reporter: most falling support of directly calling trump's statements racist. >> what was tweeted was destructive, was demeaning, was disunifying and frankly it was very wrong. >> reporter: other gop lawmakers backing the president's rhetoric. >> i don't think he's racist. i think he's an equal opportunity offender and i think from time to time some people