Article snippet: (Bloomberg) -- The House is nearing a contentious vote Tuesday night to condemn comments from President Donald Trump that have been criticized as racist, with some Democrats complaining that party leaders aren’t punching back hard enough. As the top House Republican dismissed the planned vote as “all politics,” Trump continued his attacks on the four outspoken freshmen Democrats who’ve been the focus of the president’s ire. “Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don’t have a Racist bone in my body! The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game,” tweeted Trump. On Sunday, he tweeted that these lawmakers should “go back” to the countries they “originally came from,” instead of telling Americans “how our government is to be run.” Later Tuesday, at a cabinet meeting, Trump said of the four women lawmakers: “It’s my opinion they hate our country.” All four of the women -- Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan -- are U.S. citizens, and all but Omar were born in the U.S. Ocasio-Cortez, in her own tweet Tuesday, reminded Trump that she was born in his hometown of New York City, and said Trump may not have racist bones, but that he does have “a racist mind” and “a racist heart.” The exchanges come against a backdrop of the 2020 campaign for the White House and Congress. Trump won election in part by exploiting anti-immigrant sentiments among some voters, and it’s a m... Link to the full article to read more