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July 15, 2019
Did Trump really take a political risk in telling Omar to go back to her country?
By Monica Showalter

So did Trump blow it by implicitly telling Rep. Ilhan Omar to go back to her home country, fix it up, and get back to us? Did he overplay his hand? Is a remark like that, universally decried by Democrats, a step too far?

Not by Trump's standards.

The controversial string of tweets, which stirred the pot mightily in the press, described here, were as politically incorrect as they come. In fact, Trump hasn't put out a string like this since the 2016 campaign.

And actually, the tweets were at least in part about the 2020 campaign. They were also about weakening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom he's obviously treating as his real competition over the many-headed Democrat clown car of presidential candidates.

But it's telling that even as Pelosi spars with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Trump actually took on Ocasio-Cortez's pal, Rep. Ilhan Omar, who was the only one who actually came from a foreign country.

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Of course not.

He is simply voicing a reasonable & natural response to an obvious ingrate which the totalitarian left has been busily suppressing these past years.

Through all the gasping & pearl clutching MOST people are quietly nodding their heads.
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Of course not.

He is simply voicing a reasonable & natural response to an obvious ingrate which the totalitarian left has been busily suppressing these past years.

Through all the gasping & pearl clutching MOST people are quietly nodding their heads.
It is a beautiful thing.

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TV says Trump directed his tweet against four women.  Trump's tweet was his usual tacky self.
All people here, except American Indians are from another country.  What country did your ancestors come from?  Trump could decide he wants you to go back to "your" country; send ICE to get you and send you off.  My ancestors are from Britain and Scotland.  Let's all pack a bag in case we get sent back to our countries.

Every day Trump attacks people and countries, creating more chaos which he lives on - if anyone is not him, he wants that person gone.

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When will the Radical Left Congresswomen apologize to our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said. So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!

3:54 AM - 15 Jul 2019


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150720283654938625

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The President knows the pulse of the American people consistently maligned by the socialist democrats and their master, the MSM.  The  President understands millions of household across this country are filled with people applauding and high-fiving!

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President Trump Highlights Democrat Activist Hypocrisy – Flee to America, and Demand We Change it…
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Earlier today President Trump drew attention to another uncomfortable truth.  Some of the most virulent anti-American progressive lawmakers entered the United States for the opportunity and freedom within our system.  However, those same politicians then decry the U.S. and demand changes to the system providing the benefit.

In essence, do not flee to the land of liberty, indulge in the benefits and then have the audacity to criticize the foundation of the nation providing the opportunity.


https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/07/14/president-trump-highlights-democrat-activist-hypocrisy-flee-to-america-and-demand-we-change-it/#more-166261






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Of course not.

He is simply voicing a reasonable & natural response to an obvious ingrate which the totalitarian left has been busily suppressing these past years.

Through all the gasping & pearl clutching MOST people are quietly nodding their heads.

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The OP is correct, I wondered about this statement, I don't think it was impulsive, it had to be, per another article I read, a crafted statement and intentional.  Reading the tweets themselves without commentary, I don't think it is that offensive. Also, I'm knowing nothing about this 4th congresswomen from Massachusetts. I'm not sure if I assume, it was meant for all 4 of them. 3 of them, at least, Tlaib and Omar have said very nasty things. I haven't read AOC that closely, what she says just seems to be stupid but maybe I'm missing something.  Racist? No, not really. Ill-advised? It does seem this was done intentionally.
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I'd say he's made a mistake.
The problem is, every time I think that, he comes out okay.
It's a whole new different kind of deal nowadays.

Probably won't hurt him.
The people who don't like him, still won't like him.
The people the do like him, will still like him.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...............

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Only the seriously insane Marxists like "the squad" so I'd say President Trump will be ok.

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The OP is correct, I wondered about this statement, I don't think it was impulsive, it had to be, per another article I read, a crafted statement and intentional.

The Method Behind Trump’s Racism: It works as long as no Republicans speak out against him.
Donald Trump’s Tweets Were Malicious, and Republican Silence is Deafening.

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With the exception of [Ilhan] Omar, the country “from whence they came” is the United States of America. All of these Congresswomen, including Omar, have a constitutional right to “tell the people of the United States” how our “government is to be run.” The very notion that nonwhite Americans should leave this country to go back to ancestral homelands to prove their worth is deeply repugnant.

Moreover, there is something especially gross about a man who was too timid even to face the draft during his own generation’s war now presuming to define how Americans seek to reform their government. He is the last person to be the arbiter of patriotism or national loyalty . . .

. . . Let’s also deal with the idea that the one actual immigrant Trump targeted owes a special debt of gratitude to the country and therefore temper her critiques of American politics and culture. I believe Ilhan Omar is a toxic presence in American politics. Her critiques are deeply misguided. But she should temper her critiques because they’re wrong, not because she’s an immigrant.


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Ah..........Trumpet's Fans are up early and out in force. What a surprise!!!
A reflection on the Four Musketeers (AOC/AP/IO/RT), who have been on Pelosi's case
for many weeks w/increasing frequency and harshness; thereby damaging her.
So much so, that noisy dissension has commenced among Dem leaders.
Sun-tzu advised that when your enemies are destroying themselves; prudence dictates
passivity by staying far away.
But what's that noise rumbling in the distance???
Heidi-Ho, why its Trumpet and his Calvary riding to the rescue demanding an apology!!!
The msm is beside themselves w/glee w/this change in focus!!!
Trumpet is the gift that keeps on giving for the left and they will dearly miss him!!!

 

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I'd say he's made a mistake.
The problem is, every time I think that, he comes out okay.
It's a whole new different kind of deal nowadays.

Probably won't hurt him.
The people who don't like him, still won't like him.
The people the do like him, will still like him.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...............

Thus, the major problem is he doesn't expand his base, while reestablishing the anger the Democrats have for him.

Trump just can't help himself...I agree with another poster's remarks about Sun Tzu...in today's lingo, when your enemies are in an internecine war, just keep popping the popcorn.
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Ah..........Trumpet's Fans are up early and out in force. What a surprise!!!
A reflection on the Four Musketeers (AOC/AP/IO/RT), who have been on Pelosi's case
for many weeks w/increasing frequency and harshness; thereby damaging her.
So much so, that noisy dissension has commenced among Dem leaders.
Sun-tzu advised that when your enemies are destroying themselves; prudence dictates
passivity by staying far away.
But what's that noise rumbling in the distance???
Heidi-Ho, why its Trumpet and his Calvary riding to the rescue demanding an apology!!!
The msm is beside themselves w/glee w/this change in focus!!!
Trumpet is the gift that keeps on giving for the left and they will dearly miss him!!!





I agree somewhat.
Pelosi was doing her best to get the Chippies under control in her own way. Now she has to defend them.

He may have thought he was doing good...but I'm not sure.

Disclaimer...I'm not in politics...but I agree with everything he said.

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Only the seriously insane Marxists like "the squad" so I'd say President Trump will be ok.
In Trump's favor is that those skanks are truly awful people. Is skank too lenient a word?

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The ones taking the political risk here will be the Democrats, tomorrow when they make these four women the face of the Democrat Party.
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I'd say he's made a mistake.
The problem is, every time I think that, he comes out okay.
It's a whole new different kind of deal nowadays.

Nicely sums up what I've learned over the past two years.

Bottom line for me is what I thought worked doesn't anymore. I don't know why.

So I guess it's time for something new.

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The Dems were trying to distance themselves from the four “progressives,” but now they are forced to embrace them. That means they are endorsing Socialism, hate of Israel and the USA! Not good for the Democrats!

2:26 PM - 15 Jul 2019

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150879404593205249


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Checkmate. And he only needed to sacrifice four pawns. #Squad

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 AOC, Tlaib and Omar criticize America so often and so viciously preferring Soviet, Chinese, Venezuelan socialism to our free market economy that saying they would be happier somewhere else is a fair response. To say it’s racist is almost as ignorant as their statements.

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Imagine being a “conservative” who spent all day sanctimoniously defending Ilhan Omar’s virtue and courage and contributions to American democracy, only to have her hold a press conference where she refused to denounce Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism

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In Trump's favor is that those skanks are truly awful people. Is skank too lenient a word?

Only Trump could expose these cockroaches to the light as he has.

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