Trump slams progressive congresswomen at fiery 'MAGA' rally in North Carolina

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Trump takes aim at 'The Squad' as supporters chant, 'Send her back!'
President Trump, at a fiery "Make America Great Again" campaign rally Wednesday night in Greenville, N.C., blasted far-left Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts as his feud with the four members of "The Squad" showed no signs of dying down. As many supporters chanted, "Send her back!," Trump took aim at Omar, saying she "smeared U.S. service members in 'Black Hawk Down.' She slandered the brave Americans trying to keep peace in Somalia," a dig at her Somali-American heritage. The president also said Omar blamed America for the economic crisis in Venezuela and refused to condemn Al Qaeda.

The "Send her back!" chants referred to Trump's tweet on Sunday in which the president asked why "Democrat Congresswomen" don't "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came, then come back and show us how it is done." Omar responded to the chants Wednesday by quoting iconic poet Maya Angelou on Twitter. 2020 Democrat presidential candidates Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Kirsten Gillibrand slammed Trump and accused him of stoking racism and xenophobia.