Puerto Rico Governor Defies Calls To Resign Amid Growing Protests Over Text Chats
Monday marked three days of demonstrations against Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, after the publication of private conversations containing repugnant slurs against women and homosexuals, among other insults.
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Puerto Rico Governor Defies Calls To Resign Amid Growing Protests Over Text Chats
'Go Back Where You Came From': The Long Rhetorical Roots Of Trump's Racist Tweets
When the president told several young congresswomen of color to “go back” to where they came from, he borrowed nativist language about as old as the country itself. Here’s a little history.
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'Go Back Where You Came From': The Long Rhetorical Roots Of Trump's Racist Tweets
Sean Hannity defends Trump's racist tweets by criticizing Somalia's "vicious" laws
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): So the president’s saying, “Well go back to your country, when you fix your country, and you learn how to fix that, come back and teach us how to do it here.” Well if you look at Somalia laws, they’re pretty vicious. Women who consent to abortion or cause one are punished 1 to 5 years in jail. If you say anything that’s anti-Islam that brings the religion of Islam into contempt, or bringing into contempt persons professing their faith in Islam, or objects to dedicated to worship, they’re punished by 2 years. If you happen to be gay and you engage in intercourse, well, that is punishable by 3 months to 3 years.
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White supremacists and right-wing media defend Trump’s racist attack on four members of Congress
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Sean Hannity defends Trump's racist tweets by criticizing Somalia's "vicious" laws
Trump Defends Racist Tweets Aimed At Freshman Lawmakers, Reiterates Attack
President Trump’s tweets that used racist language about Democratic members of Congress have again brought the focus back to how Trump views non-white Americans.
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Trump Defends Racist Tweets Aimed At Freshman Lawmakers, Reiterates Attack
White supremacists and right-wing media defend Trump’s racist attack on four members of Congress Melissa Joskow / Media Matters On July 14, President Donald Trump unleashed on American congresswomen of color in a racist thread of tweets. Some white supremacists and right-wing media figures quickly jumped to his defense. Trump tweeted about “progressive” Democtratic congresswomen, […]
Fox's Katie Pavlich defends Trump's racist tweets: "He didn't say go there permanently. He said go there, fix the problem, come back."
BRIAN KILMEADE (GUEST CO-HOST): But you know what his point was, in the Donald Trump way that we’ve gotten a chance to see for the last two and a half years is, it’s not so much go home. It’s like, appreciate your country. Why don’t you critique it on the positive way —
HARRIS FAULKNER (CO-HOST): Is that what you think he was saying?
KILMEADE: That’s what he was saying. He wasn’t saying anything anti-immigrant, or anti-woman, or anti-Black —
FAULKNER: Do you think his words communicate that?
KILMEADE: No, I think that he could be — just knowing Donald Trump the way he knows Donald Trump, he’s trying saying, “Why are you so negative on the country?”
HARRIS FAULKNER (CO-HOST): Then he should say that.
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KATIE PAVLICH (CO-HOST): He said go there and fix the problem and come back. He didn’t say go there permanently. He said go there, fix the problem, come back.
FAULKNER: But where would we be going? Because one of them was born in Michigan. So is she supposed to go home to Michigan?
PAVLICH: I understand that, but what he’s specifically referring to maybe Ilhan Omar, for example, who was brought to the country under the graciousness of the American people, that could be who he’s referring to.
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Fox’s Newt Gingrich says Trump’s racist tweets are a “good political move”
Fox News White House correspondent says Trump’s racist tweets are “loaded in some circles”
Trump's Nationwide Immigration Raids Fail to Materialize
Rumors of mass raids swirled, leading many immigrants to stay inside their homes. Immigrant advocates in several cities took to the streets to demonstrate.
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Trump's Nationwide Immigration Raids Fail to Materialize
Calls For Puerto Rico Gov. Rossello To Resign Over Profane Private Chats
There are growing calls for Puerto Rico’s governor to resign amid a corruption scandal and after the leak of texts laced with misogyny, homophobia and jokes about the dead from Hurricane Maria.
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Calls For Puerto Rico Gov. Rossello To Resign Over Profane Private Chats
Florida Democrat Responds To Trump's Racially Charged Tweets Against Congresswomen
President Trump tweeted that progressive congresswomen should return to their countries of origin. NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell about the comments.
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Florida Democrat Responds To Trump's Racially Charged Tweets Against Congresswomen
New Zealand Starts Gun Buyback Program In Response To Christchurch Mosque Shootings
In response to the March shootings that left 51 people dead, the nation’s gun buyback program asks owners of now-banned weapons to turn them into police departments for cash.
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New Zealand Starts Gun Buyback Program In Response To Christchurch Mosque Shootings