TRUMP ‘FEELS BADLY’ ABOUT CHANTS
WASHINGTON Facing a backlash, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday distanced himself from supporters’ chants of “send her back” after he criticized Somali-born Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar at a rally in North Carolina.
“I felt a little bit badly about it,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about the chants at Wednesday night’s rally.
Trump paused when the chants erupted after he recounted comments by Omar, who was born in Somalia and emigrated to the United States, that he described as “vicious anti-semitic screeds.”
Omar was one of four liberal lawmakers — all women of colour — that Trump criticized as un-american.
Trump tweeted over the weekend that the four should “go back” where they came from, even though all are U.S. citizens and three are U.s.-born.