Trump tells progressive Democrats to go back and fix 'broken and crime infested places' they came...

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Source: The Hill


Trump tells progressive Democrats to go back and fix 'broken and crime infested places' they came from

BY JUSTIN WISE - 07/14/19 08:53 AM EDT

President Trump on Sunday lashed out at a group of progressive Democrats, saying the female lawmakers should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came" before criticizing policies in the U.S.

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The tweets came after a week of heightened tensions between Pelosi and a group of freshman House Democrats, including Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).

Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, before coming to the U.S. as a refugee with her family. Pressley was born in Cincinnati, while Tlaib was born in Detroit. Ocasio-Cortez was born in New York.

Pelosi experienced pushback from the group of lawmaker after questioning their influence in an interview with The New York Times and referring to them as "the Squad."

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/452970-trump-tells-progressive-democrats-to-go-back-and-fix-broken-and-crime