'Send her back' chant at Trump rally catches Republicans off guard
1 / 3U.S. President Trump speaks about U.S. Representative Omar at campaign rally in GreenvilleBy David Morgan
"We cannot be defined by this," said conservative Representative Mark Walker, who added that Republican leaders in the House of Representatives discussed the potential political risks at a breakfast with Vice President Mike Pence.He and other Republicans denounced the language used by Trump's supporters, which followed a weekend Twitter attack by Trump on Omar and three other Democratic lawmakers, all minority women, saying they should"go back" to where they came from.
"Last night at a campaign rally, the president once again used inflammatory rhetoric about the four congresswomen," Thompson wrote, adding that the police department"must act swiftly to address heightened threats to these and other members of Congress."Trump at midday tried to distance himself from the chant. At the White House, he told reporters:"I felt a little bit badly about it. ... I would say that I was not happy with it. I disagreed with it.
In remarks later to reporters, Omar slammed the president, saying"he's spewing his fascist ideology on stage, telling U.S. citizens to go back because they don't agree with his detrimental policies for our country."
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