Merkel feels solidarity with minority congresswomen attacked by Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters


JULY 19, 2019 / 6:43 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Merkel on Friday distanced herself from U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment that four minority Democratic congresswomen should “go back” to where they came from.

Trump told four lawmakers - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan - to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”.

All four of them are U.S. citizens and three of them were born in the United States

“I decisively distance myself from that and I feel solidarity with the ... attacked women,” Merkel told a news conference.

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[democratisphere]

1. Angela Merkel is one of the greatest women of our time.

Standing up publicly against drumpf and his supporters.

[Bayard]

2. Excellent!

Now, I wish more world leaders would come out against the concentration camps on our border.

[mpcamb]

5. They have. Wish they'd get more U.S. press ink when they do.

[bobbieinok]

3. She grew up in the GDR. She knows what it means to be despised and have to fight back

[Norbert]

4. I have more respect for Angela than ever.

Hopefully, when the time comes, Germany will pick a like-minded successor to Merkel.

[Marcuse]

6. trump will be too weak resist his urge to strike out at Merkel and Trudeau.

[ck4829]

7. Kick

[Maxheader]

8. Gee, wonder why she feels that way?

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