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Trump's attacks on congresswomen of color energize his supporters: "Just a bag of idiots"
July 18, 2019, 8:09 AM
President Trump took his attacks on four Democratic lawmakers to a raucous campaign rally in North Carolina where his supporters chanted "send her back," echoing the president's racist tweet that the four women of color should "go back" to the countries they came from. The rally, in a state President Trump narrowly won in 2016, was a chance to test how his controversial approach is resonating with supporters. They were with him all the way.
"I like it because it seems to work," Michael Huff said before attending the rally. "You see all these people out here, I mean, he's got a lot of following."
"Everything is so freakin' touchy with all of them. They have no sense of humor. They have no common sense. I'm sorry. Just a bag of idiots," said another supporter of the president.
The president's supporters in North Carolina turned his racist tweet into a rallying cry after an extended attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar.
"She looks down with contempt on the hardworking Americans saying that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country," Mr. Trump said at the rally. "Omar has a history of launching vicious anti-Semitic screeds."
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