Trump just gave a press conference where he was asked about his tweets yesterday telling certain unnamed ‘progressive Democratic Congresswomen” to go back where they came from:
JUST IN: “I didn’t mention names,” President Trump says when asked about his tweets on Democratic congresswomen. “If you’re not happy here, then you can leave. As far as I’m concerned, if you hate our country, if you’re not happy here, you can leave” https://t.co/YEtC8vMYcW pic.twitter.com/xyNFAaV8cq
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) July 15, 2019
That was the first question. He was asked about it again in a follow-up:
.@realDonaldTrump says it is offensive the way @IlhanMN talks about 9/11 and Al Qaeda.
“All I’m saying is if they’re not happy, they can leave. They can leave!” pic.twitter.com/ipdP3Els13
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 15, 2019
And another follow up…
Q: Is President Trump concerned that many people saw his tweets as racist, and that white nationalist groups find a “common cause” with his points?
Trump: “It doesn’t concern me because many people agree with me” https://t.co/fJsx8emrWk pic.twitter.com/ciwUdbkQLk
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 15, 2019
Trump also called Pelosi’s statement “Make America White Again” was a very racist statement:
.@realDonaldTrump says it was @SpeakerPelosi who made “a very racist statement” when she claimed he was trying to “Make America White Again.” pic.twitter.com/VFGrUGi1jC
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 15, 2019
Lastly he addressed the ICE raids saying they were very successful:
“The ICE raids were very successful, many, many were taken out on Sunday, you just didn’t know about it,” Trump said, despite reports from cities around the country that very few agents came knocking pic.twitter.com/5bWktu2xz5
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) July 15, 2019