When Donald Trump implied in a series of tweets that some Democratic Party congresswomen weren’t born in America and sarcastically suggested, “they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi responded saying “Our diversity is our strength and our unity is our power.”
While all of the women Trump attacked do hold left wing views, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Pressley are natural-born US citizens, while Omar was born in Somalia and immigrated to the US when she was young. Omar became a citizen in 2000 when she was 17 years old, according to the New York Times.
New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Luján, the assistant speaker of the House, echoed Pelosi’s sentiments on Twitter Sunday: “A racist tweet from a racist president.”
Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign is really about making White Christian America the only group that matters and if you are not part of that group you are not welcome in the United States.
To reinforce his position for re-election Trump is using the most horrifying aspects of politics – Fear! He rallies his base by telling them that he alone can protect them from the killers, rapists, gangs, and drug dealers that are primarily in minority communities.
Unfortunately many people who do not follow day-to-day politics will also respond to Trump’s rhetoric and vote for his re-election. The Democrats are not united in their views on America’s future and that too will be a plus for a second term for Donald Trump.
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