ocasio-cortez, rashida tlaib, ilhan omar and anna presley. there were no apologies as he took his rhetoric one step further, telling the women they can leave the country. if you hate our country, if you re not happy here, you can leave. and that s what i say all the time. that s what i said in a tweet, which i guess some people think is controversial. a lot of people love it, by the way. a lot of people love it. but if you re not happy in the u.s., if you re complaining all the time, very simply, you can leave. you can leave right now. come back if you want. don t come back. that s okay, too. if you re not happy you can leave. he also fired back at house speaker nancy pelosi, who tweeted that making america great again is about making america white again. that s a racist statement.
americans. the president wouldn t know that. congresswoman rashida tlaib of michigan who was born in detroit to palestinian immigrants. congresswoman presley who was born in cincinnati. cincinnati, that s almost canada. i mean, really. right. congresswoman ilhan omar of minnesota who was born in somalia, but moved to the united states when she was 12 and is a naturalized u.s. citizen. what an incredible story, the american dream. house speaker nancy pelosi came out in defense of those congresswomen tweeting yesterday when president trump tells four american congresswomen to go back to their countries, he re-affirms his plan to make america great again has always been about making america white again. our diversity is our strength and our unity is our power. she went on to say, i reject president trump s xenophobic comments meant to divide our nation, rather than attack members of congress he should work with us and work for humane
taking time to speak to people, constituents and minorities that might hear the comments and be hurt by them, talking about their individual experiences as well. the interesting thing about this entire back and forth and, obviously, it doesn t show any signs of ebbing any time soon, is that these congresswomen came with a mandate, big votes, major followings. congresswoman presley made an interesting point. it s not just four members of congress. presley specifically recounted walking through the airport when she was coming back to capitol hill, having people coming up to her, saying they supported her, republicans come up, apologizing to her. it s very clear these four women of congress are confident this their standing and positions here on capitol hill. it s also very clear this is a fight. this is a back and forth that is certainly going to continue, at least this point in time shows no signs of stopping any time soon. wolf? you re getting more reaction, phil. don t go too far aw
of the cdc or an african-american to get elected, he d have to come from a district that was 60%-70% african-american. but i look at the fact now, the last freshman class, there were nine new members of the congressional black caucus, but eight of them come from districts that had less than 30% african-americans. and so, we need individuals that are going to come and represent their districts so that we are in the majority so that we can have the chairmanships and the speaker moving forward an issue, because that s what s important. it s important you know, i think that we are better off as a country with a maxine waters as chairwoman of the financial services committee, with a jerry nadler as chair of judiciary, with a richard neil you know, all of the things these committees are doing now of people not in the majority, because of a broad section of folks with different ideas and different thoughts. we would be in worse shape than we are now. congresswoman presley actually denie
struggling with the moves to isolate them. pelosi has made half a dozen remarks dismissing the group on the environment and health care. alexandria ocasio-cortez says she wasn t sure what to do. she told the post, i do find it a little curious that leadership doesn t want us to try to have any sort of conversation about even messaging, but we re just freshmen, right? she told the post, the per sibt singling out it was town to point where it was fits respectful. singling out women of color, congresswoman presley told the paper thank god my mother gave me broad shoulders and a strong back. i m worried about the signal it sends to people i speak to and who sent me here with a mandate and how it affects them. according to nbc news, one