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struggle4progress

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7. "Send her back" -- the official position of the GOP

Reply to KayF (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2019, 12:20 PM

Jul 2019

Jeremy Schulman

... In his speech, Trump blasted Omar and her colleagues for daring to criticize his administration. “If they don’t love it, tell them to leave it,” the president said—though he added that “they can come back.”

Trump also took time to praise North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, a right-wing congressman with a history that is particularly relevant to the Republican Party’s embrace of the “send her back” theme. On the stump in 2012, Meadows declared that “we are going to send Mr. Obama home to Kenya or wherever it is”—a reference to the racist birther smear that Trump helped popularize ...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/trumps-rally-seals-it-send-her-back-is-the-official-position-of-the-gop/

Was Mark leading the chants?

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Mark Meadows, who said he would "send Obama back to Kenya" weighs in! [View all] KayF Jul 2019 OP

For good measure Trump denies as often as he lies. gordianot Jul 2019 #1

He's the worse piece of shit in congress. spanone Jul 2019 #2

"The president doesn't control the chants" - Lara Trump did. dalton99a Jul 2019 #3

Trump rehearsed "Send Her Back" chant struggle4progress Jul 2019 #9

Yep. dalton99a Jul 2019 #10

So the story posted yesterday Wellstone ruled Jul 2019 #4

So Meadows pivoted from the issue of Trump's open racism to another subject. guillaumeb Jul 2019 #5

"We'll send him back to Kenya, or wherever it is." - GOP Rep. Mark Meadows dalton99a Jul 2019 #6

"Send her back" -- the official position of the GOP struggle4progress Jul 2019 #7

Republicans really seem anxious to get off this subject gratuitous Jul 2019 #8

It seems the original idea came from Mark Meadows. Then Lara Trump struggle4progress Jul 2019 #11

The same Mark Meadows who winks at sexual assault? Kid Berwyn Jul 2019 #12