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SOURCE: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/15/trump-republicans-racist-tweets-1415952
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Updated 07/15/2019 04:59 PM EDTAfter a day of silence, congressional Republicans began to harshly criticize President Donald Trump for demanding that liberal freshman congresswomen “go back” where they came from — with some GOP lawmakers decrying his comments as “racist” and calling for him to apologize and remove his tweets.The pushback on Monday marked some of the strongest condemnations Trump's received from his party, which began with a trickle and then threatened to widen as Trump escalated his attacks in remarks to reporters. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) called Trump's comments "a mistake, an unforced error" but said he does not "think the president's a racist," declining to elaborate.And Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he would vote to condemn Trump's tweets if it came before the Senate and that straying from the unifying princples of the United States "for political purpose is, in my opinion, a very grave mistake."“A lot of people have been using the word [racist]. Three of the four were born in America and the citizenship of all four is as valid as mine,” said Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), emphasizing that he disagreed with the Democrats on “virtually every policy issue.” But he said those arguments should be defeated “on the merits, not on the basis of their ancestry." Trump defended himself before reporters Monday, saying his statements were "not at all" racist and that the congresswomen "hate our country." On Twitter, Trump also endorsed Graham's attack on the progressive congresswomen while not addressing the criticism.

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