Donald Trump asks Congressional women subjected to racist tweets to apologize to the United States and Israel

Donald Trump once again attacked the four women Democrats in Congress whom he had launched last week on racist tweets, asking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley for his own. excuse "for the horrible remarks they made.

"I do not think the four women in Congress are able to love our country," the president wrote Sunday morning. tweet. "They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they said."

He added: "They destroy the Democratic Party, but are weak and precarious people who can never destroy our great nation!"

The latest tweets came after an extraordinary reprimand of the president's racist attacks on the four women of color – commonly known as "the squad" – last week, in which the US House of Representatives pbaded a resolution condemning the "racist comments" from Mr. Trump.

Trump tweeted that the four democratic first-year students should "return" to their country, although congressional women are all US citizens and all but one are born in the United States (Ms. Omar emigrated to the United States). United as a refugee 23). years ago).

The resolution was pbaded at 240-187 votes, marking an embarrbading moment for Mr Trump, even though it had no legal repercussions. Republicans Brian Fitzpatrick, Fred Upton, Will Hurd and Susan Brooks joined the Democrats. Justin Amash, who left the Republican party several months after becoming his only congressman supporting a dismissal investigation against Trump, also backed the measure.

The Democrats saved one of the most exciting moments of the day to the end. "I know racism when I see it," said Georgia's John Lewis, whose skull was fractured during the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march in Selma, Alabama.

"At the highest level of government, there is no place for racism," he added.

Prior to the call for slaughter, Mr. Trump systematically plunged forward with proven insults. He accused his four virulent critics of "spitting some of the most vile, hateful and disgusting things ever said by a politician" and added, "If you hate our country or are not happy here, you can go! long-running mockery against political dissidents rather than party lawmakers.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy and other prominent Republicans joined the President in an attempt to divert attention from Trump's original tweets, which consumed Washington for three days and garnered widespread condemnation. Instead, they tried to be offensive by accusing the four women of Congress – among the most left-wing members of the Democratic Party and the ardent critics of Trump – of socialism, a charge that is already a central theme of the presidential campaigns. and the GOP in 2020.

Republicans objected after Nancy Pelosi said in a ground speech that Trump's tweets were "racist". Under the leadership of Doug Collins, the Republicans have asked that his words be removed from the minutes, a rare procedural reprimand.

After a delay of more than 90 minutes, Steny Hoyer stated that Ms. Pelosi had indeed broken a House rule prohibiting the description of a racist action. Mr. Hoyer chaired after Emanuel Cleaver moved away from the chair, lamenting, "We want to fight," apparently to the Republicans. Nevertheless, the Democrats were very strong and the House later voted, according to the party line, to leave Ms. Pelosi's words intact in the record.

Trump welcomed the vote on Twitter, saying it was "so great" that only four Republicans had gone beyond party boundaries and had taken note of Ms. Pelosi's alleged procedure. "A day!" He writes.

Some GOP lawmakers agreed that Trump's remarks were racist, but party leaders insisted Tuesday that they did not do so and accused the Democrats of using the resulting tumult to mark political points. Among the few voices of restraint, Mitch McConnell said that Mr. Trump was not racist, but he also called on leaders "from president to president, to new members of the House" to attack ideas, not the people who marry them.

"There has been a consensus that political rhetoric has gained momentum," said the Kentucky Republican leader, breaking his two-day silence on Trump's attacks.

A few hours earlier, Mr. Trump had tweeted, "These tweets were NOT racist. I do not have racist bones in my body! He wrote. Republicans in the House should "not show" weakness "" by accepting a resolution he described as "a game against democracy".

Additional reports by AP