Donald Trump’s remarks about Ilhan Omar and the rest of AOC’s squad can most charitably be described as monumentally ill-advised, colossally stupid, and incredibly counterproductive. Seriously, those are the nicest things one can say about them.
But if you’re gonna come at Trump from the “he’s a racist who hates immigrants” angle, it’s probably best not to take the route that author and Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum took:
I say we should send Ivanka back to the Czech Republic and Melania back to Slovenia https://t.co/n68CbtkRUM
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) July 14, 2019
(with apologies to Czech and Slovene followers many of whom, I am gathering, don't want them)
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) July 14, 2019
and yes I mean Ivanka, not her mother. Ivana was Czech, so Ivanka is Czech too, by her father's logic, and should go back to the Czech republic where she belongs and stop trying to pretend to be American
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) July 14, 2019
Wow, she sure showed that racist xenophobe Trump!
When they go low, we admit we're racist ? https://t.co/0Iv8TuS6rn
— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) July 15, 2019
Trump was being so very racist, so let me be so very racist!!! YAY
The intellectual capacity of a 10 yr old on full display, Anne https://t.co/mvgxVbwKWU
— Bob Malak (@bob_malak) July 15, 2019
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Trump is a racist and I'm suggesting the exact same thing he is. https://t.co/pbZuwJGgEq
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 15, 2019
Becoming a white nationalist to own Trump.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 15, 2019
Fighting racism with racism? Good luck
— Aaron Peacock (@AaronPeacock17) July 15, 2019
If it was wrong before Trump, and wrong for Trump, it's wrong for everyone, including you.
Stop.
— dW? (@SmailliwNitsud) July 15, 2019
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