That led to a heated back and forth with throwing the gavel down and storming off. So where does this all go from here . Lauren fox is live on capitol hill with our top story this morning. Lauren, good morning. Reporter these tweets, these racist tweets from the president are still consuming capitol hill and republicans had a rare opportunity last night to rebuke the president on the record. Instead mostly they voted along party lines. I know racism when i see it. I know racism when i feel it. Reporter House Democrats strongly condemning President Trumps racist tweets. Passing a resolution rebuking him for telling four Democratic Congress women of color who were all american citizens to, quote, go back to where their came from. Three of them born in the u. S. The vote coming down largely on party lines with only four republicans and one independent supporting the measure. Its not the first time ive heard g back to your oun country, but it is the first time ive heard it coming from the
That same day, the words that are used to women in congress, go home. Whether because they didnt look like others here. As annoyed as is insulted as we all should be, about the president saying that about our colleagues its also not showing mercy for him to say that about so many people in our country as he wants to split up families. I think mr. Monthlinowski to sp to the statements the president made later in the day. Mr. Molinoski was born abroad. The house hopefully has come together standing as one to denounce the white houses xenophobic attacks on our members. On our people much and what is america . America is many things a land of a great contribution. A beautiful land that god has given us. Values that we share that are being undermined. But america is also a nation largely but not totally largely of immigrants. The founders conceived america as a haven for refuge. For people fleeing from religious and political persecution, and Thomas Jefferson alexander hamilton. Having oppo
In the south 20 inches of rain leaving towns under water. Forcing children to be rescued from day care. Now millions across the country facing the biggest heat wave of the summer al roker will have the latest. Fighting alzheimers disease. New research and what could be a major factor and some simple things you can do to prevent it. And 50 years after the apollo 11 launch, why we are all still moon struck. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening, everyone. We start with breaking news ted tonight to officially n esident trump for his racist tweets. Several republicans joining democrats in voting for the resolution the vote forced members to take a public position on the president s demeaning call for a group of liberal Congress Women to go back and fix the places they came from all of the women are of color and most born in the u. S but the vote unlikely to shame mr. Trump who called on republicans to not show weakness our Hallie Jackson has late details. Rep
Thats part of the tweet. Go back from where you came from is obviously a time worn racist trope and beyond that three of the four lawmakers hes talking about were born in the United States and all of them are american citizens and all of them are elected officials. If youre thinking to yourself right now this doesnt surprise me then maybe that is all the wakeup call that we need right now. A big question this morning, besides where are the republicans standing up against racist remarks, big question this morning is why is the president doing this in the first place . Boris sanchez at the white house. Is the white house defending his tweets. Reporter so far one official spoke tout to say President Trump is not racistment even know he frequently parrots the language of white nationalists and white supremacists. There are many examples of this and we know the president is comfortable doing it in part because he isnt exactly challenged by republicans even those who have been critical of hi
This morning we are hearing the reaction after President Trump tweets a stunningly racist attack against four Democratic Women of color. Democrats spent sunday speaking out against it. But to this point, just one republican lawmaker has come out against that. That cant be true, just one. Just one. Last we checked. Its early monday but they have had almost 24 hours. The president sent this incendiary tweet telling the women to go back to the countries they came from. All the lawmakers that are referenced there are american citizens. Three of them were born in the u. S. We have been asking republican lawmakers to contact us if they want to speak out against the president s racist tweets. So far no takers. The highest profile condemnation from the last hour did come from a conservative politician but one from the united kingdom. The british Prime Minister, theresa may, she called the language used to refer to the women completely unacceptable. A few minutes ago we got a response from the