It’s being reported now that Trump has disavowed the “send her back” chant at his rally last night, which referred to Ilhan Omar, saying he disagreed with it and felt a little bad about it:
Trump disavows “send her back” chant at his rally last night: "I was not happy with it. I disagree with it."
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 18, 2019
Trump asserts that he tried to stop the “send her back” chant: "I think I did — I started speaking very quickly."
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 18, 2019
Pres Trump disavows the "send her back" chant about @IlhanMN at his rally last night. "I was not happy with it," he said. "I disagree with it." He told reporters during Oval Office photo op that he tried to cut the chant short by quickly starting to resume his speech.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 18, 2019
The comments from the Oval Office just aired on the news so I’ll post video of his comments as soon as they become available.
UPDATE: Here’s video of Trump’s comments:
Trump insisted he was “not happy" with his supporters' chant to "send her home," referring to Rep. Ilhan Omar, at a rally in North Carolina, adding “I didn’t say that, they did” pic.twitter.com/Rd2BM6G4Kx
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) July 18, 2019