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Trump Lies About Racist ‘Send Her Back’ Chant: I Tried to Stop It by Speaking ‘Very Quickly’ (Which He Did Not)
President Donald Trump is trying to distance himself from the massive outrage exhibited after his supporters – taking their cue from his remarks and his tweets all week – chanted “send her back, send her back” at a campaign re-election rally Wednesday night.
The President is now claiming, falsely, that he tried to stop the racist chants attacking Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar by speaking “very quickly,” which he did not.
REPORTER: Why didn’t you ask your fans to stop chanting “send her back”?
TRUMP: “Number one, I think I did. I started speaking very quickly.”
(This is brazen gaslighting & damage control. Trump basked in the chants & took his time resuming his speech.) pic.twitter.com/EMBkHQwQuv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 18, 2019
In fact, video proves Trump paused and soaked in the fascistic chanting rather than try to stop it.
Trump looking on approvingly as his crowd chants “Send her back!” about a nonwhite American congresswoman is straight out of a Nuremberg rally.
A GOP that was too cowardly to condemn his tweets, you own this. This is your party now. Overt racism is a feature, not a bug. pic.twitter.com/tKLvVPAKCt
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) July 18, 2019
“It was quite a chant,” Trump said, almost appearing to brag before stopping himself by telling reporters Thursday, “I felt a little bit badly about it.”
He also tried to defend himself by saying, “I didn’t say that, they did.”
“I was not happy with it — I disagree with it,” Trump added, according to The Washington Post, which adds the President “did nothing apparent to discourage the crowd.”
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