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SUPPORTERS OF DONALD Trump chanted “send her back” at a rally yesterday in a reference to congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a frequent target of the US president in recent days and weeks.
During a heated rally in Greenville, North Carolina, Trump took aim once more at Democratic lawmakers who “hate” America.
Trump listed the names of the congresswomen - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley - whom he has urged to “go back” to their countries of origin in a series of widely-criticised tweets.
“These left-wing ideologues see our nation as a force of evil,” said Trump – whose tweets were condemned as “racist” a day earlier by the House of Representatives.
“Send her back!” the crowd chanted when Trump mentioned Omar, who was born outside the US.
“The way they speak so badly of our country,” Trump told his supporters.
“They want to demolish our constitution. Eliminate the values that built this magnificent country,” he said.
Attacking all four congresswomen, Trump’s sharpest criticism was aimed at Ocasio-Cortez, the New York lawmaker who has likened migrant detention centres at the Mexican border to concentration camps.
“I don’t have time to go with three different names. We will call her Cortez,” he said.
Trump’s attacks have widely been seen as a bid to rally his right-wing base as the 2020 White House race heats up.
Trump told reporters he was “enjoying” his battle with the congresswomen “because I have to get the message out to the American people”.
Democratic leaders have rallied around their colleagues. All four congresswomen are American citizens and all except Omar, who is of Somali origin, were born in the United States.
Impeachment
Yesterday, many in the party joined Republicans in the House of Representatives in voting to block an attempt to launch impeachment proceedings against Trump.
“We have just received an overwhelming vote against impeachment,” Trump told reporters, calling it a “most ridiculous project”.
“And that’s the end of it. Let the Democrats now go back to work,” Trump said.
Trump’s attacks on the congresswomen, including taunts such as “if you hate our country, or if you are not happy here, you can leave”, has lasted for several days.
Just four Republicans voted with the 235 Democrats on Tuesday to condemn Trump for “racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color”.
Pelosi stood by the resolution condemning Trump’s language. “By its definition, those words are racism,” she said.
But she told reporters she would rather see ongoing investigations of Trump play out before launching any divisive impeachment effort.
Trump also focused on his victory over Hillary Clinton during the rally and told his supporters: “We have to do it again.”
The crowd chanted back: “Four more years!”
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Welcome to the reality of supporting some one with a difference here , talk to parents and siblings about how we have to fight for everything.
Fair play to the foster carers for contacting the Ombudsman and therefore going up against Tusla and the HSE. Not a decision taken lightly. There is a bullying mentality when you go against these agencies. Hopefully now the child and her family will get the supports they need. It’s disgraceful that the family had to put themselves through the stress and pressure to get the outcome.
@Clare Sharkey: Sad thing is that TUSLA are in the process of moving the child into a residential type setting and removing her from the wonderful foster family. Wouldn’t it be much easier to put the supports in place and leave her with the loving foster family.
@Lorraine Roche: its a power struggle. Easier to blame foster carers than themselves.
It’s not only children with disabilities who are in care the system is failing it’s children with disabilities full stop. Your child with a disability is accepted into a service-8-18 disability service- they then have to go on waiting lists within that service for Speech& Language, Occupational Therapy, Psychologist etc…. Services are badly organised and seriously under resourced.
A certain spectacle Senator with his “human rights activists” friends will be working tirelessly on this one.
“bespectacled
@Are roo from Cork: think you were right first time.
Abandoned at birth !!!!!????
The poor Girl can expect a lifetime of neglect by the state, funding is ridiculously low in the intellectual disability area, from childhood right through to Adult services!
The Government should take control of all services and streamline while increasing funding – the current system with dozens of organisations with CEO’s on mainly over €100k with generous expenses is putting tax money into the wrong hands instead of into the frontline where conditions have plummeted and staff under severe pressure are leaving disillusioned!
Put the money where it matters and strip away the red tape to give those with disabilities the services they deserve- too much of a gravy train at present!
@David Grey: leo will be in shortly saying how “it shouldn’t be like this”
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