bdmetronews Desk ॥ Kamala Harris on Sunday labeled President Trump’s comment that Democratic congresswomen should return to their countries of origin as a racist trope and said he is failing to unite the country.
“It is absolutely racist and un-American, and it is an old trope,” Harris said to reporters after a town hall meeting here. “You might hear it on the street but you should never hear it from the president of the United States. This guy doesn’t understand his responsibilities and I don’t think he understands what the American people want from their president, which is somebody who is going to elevate public discourse and speak with a level of dignity with the goal of unity. … That’s why he needs to go.”
Early Sunday morning, Trump tweeted about members of the House, whom he did not mention by name.
“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 and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came,” Trump Tweeted.
“Then come back and show us how it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough,” Trump wrote, adding that he was “sure” that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements.”
Democrats who have been feuding with Pelosi over the details of a funding bill for assistance at the border to help with housing and care of detained immigrants as well as for security. One of the group of backbenchers, Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, was born in Somalia, and another, Rep. Rashida Talib of Michigan, was born in the U.S. to Palestinian immigrants.
The group’s leader, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, has accused Pelosi of criticizing her and her allies because she is a person of color, sparking an internal fight within the Democratic party.
