TIL Desk/World/Washington/ United States President Donald Trump has said lawmakers had an obligation to love and embrace the country, as he disavowed the chanting of “send her back” by his supporters against a Democratic Congresswoman.
“The Congressmen and women also have a big obligation in this country and in every country…. And the obligation is to love your country,” Trump told at the White House on Thursday.
The president was responding to a question about his supporters chanting “send her back” against Representative Ilhan Omar at a rally in North Carolina on Wednesday night. “I’m not happy about when I hear a chant like that. And I’ve said that and I’ve said it very strongly,” Trump said.
Somali-born Omar and three other non-white Democrat Congresswomen — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib — have been criticised by Trump recently in a series of alleged racist tweets.
