'That Is a Lie': Video Clearly Shows Trump Did Nothing to Stop Racist 'Send Her Back' Chant at Rally
Despite video evidence to the contrary, President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed he attempted to stop his supporters’ racist “Send her back!” chant against Rep. Ilhan Omar during a rally in North Carolina.
“Well, number one, I think I did. I started speaking very quickly,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked why he didn’t stop the crowd’s chant, which echoed the president’s attacks on Reps. Omar (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
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“I disagree with it, by the way,” Trump added. “I felt a little bit badly about it. But I will say this… I started speaking very quickly. But it started up rather, rather fast, as you probably know.”
When a reporter pointed out that the chant closely resembled Trump’s tweets—which said the freshman congresswomen should “go back” to the countries “from which they came”—the president said, “Well, I don’t think if you examine it, I don’t think you’ll find that.”
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Observers were quick to point out that the president’s version of Wednesday night’s rally does not align with reality.
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