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Donald J. Trump — a man who clearly has too much time on his hands in the morning — began Sunday with a characteristically xenophobic Twitter rant against a group of progressive female members of Congress. “So interesting to see ‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly . . .

WASHINGTON — Starkly injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Trump said Sunday that four congresswomen of color should go back to the ‘‘broken and crime infested’’ countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all of the women are American citizens and three were born in the US. His attack drew a searing condemnation from Democrats who labeled the remarks racist and breathtakingly divisive. Following a familiar script, Republicans remained largely silent after Trump’s morning broadsides against the four women.

Democratic leaders from across the country reacted with outrage after President Trump said Sunday that four progressive freshmen congresswomen who have been at odds with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should return to the countries where they “originally came from.” Trump did not name the congresswomen but was apparently referring to a group that includes Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, along with Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.

Following President Trump’s series of tweets about Democratic congresswomen on Sunday, criticisms came pouring in from, including one pointed jab from former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Trump’s opponent in the 2016 presidential election. Trump remarks including Massachusetts’s Ayanna Pressley and New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The president suggested, evoking the racist trope

President Trump went after a group of liberal Democratic congresswomen of color on Sunday, tweeting that they should go back to the ‘‘broken and crime infested’’ countries they came from. “So interesting to see ‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to

Sen. MORE of looking the other way at abuse, but said she will not do so.  “To anyone out there who’s working in this system, understand you abuse immigrants, you physically abuse immigrants, you sexually abuse immigrants, you fail to get them medical care that they need, you break the law of the United States of America and Donald Trump may be willing to look the other way, but President Elizabeth Warren will not,” she said.  She also said that we need to treat those who come to the U.S.

News broke Friday that numerous White House officials are once again discussing the possible departure of MORE, the president’s director of national intelligence. A senior White House official told CNN on Friday about recent discussions to replace Coats, while several sources told Axios that Trump himself ha

Democrats who have called MORE and his policies racist are now pointing fingers at one another on issues of race.  Allegations of racial insensitivity are flying between the 2020 Democratic contenders, as well as between House Democrats, raising concerns that internecine squabbles over identity and race are tarnishing party leaders and distracting Democrats from their goal of ousting the president in 2020.  The racially charged controversies that have swirled around former Vice President MORE (D-Calif.), 79, have also put a spotlight on the g

2020 Democratic presidential candidate MORE this week released an extensive plan aimed at alleviating the effects of “systemic racism” — but whether it can also lift his standing with black voters will be the key political question. Buttigieg, the 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind., has risen to prominence from relative obscurity since launching his campaign in mid-April. In national polls, he is almost always behind the Big Four — former Vice President MORE (N.Y.). A major barrier for Buttigieg if he is seeking to become a serious contend

MORE is sticking out in the Democratic field by spending a considerable amount of time campaigning across the country — rather than focusing her efforts on Iowa, New Hampshire and the other two earliest voting states. Warren’s travels have taken her to many of the states voting on next year’s Super Tuesday on March 3, 2020, as well as to some states voting after those primaries and caucuses. The trips include visits to more than 20 states — such as Alabama, Utah and Colorado, which are all Super Tuesday states.