Video of the event does not show the president disagreeing with his supporters. Instead, it shows that Trump paused as the chant began, allowing his supporters to continue before he launched into further criticism of the Minnesota Democrat.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after arriving at Pitt-Greenville Airport before heading to a campaign rally at Williams Arena in Greenville, North Carolina, July 17, 2019.President Donald Trump said Thursday that he isn't happy with his supporters' "send her back" chant directed at progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., that erupted at his North Carolina rally on Wednesday.
Omar was born in Somalia and became a U.S. citizen as a teenager. She was elected to Congress last year. She is one of four progressive Democrats that Trump told to "go back" to the "places from which they came" over the weekend. On Monday,In response to the president's rally, Omar said Thursday that Trump was "spewing his fascist ideology on stage."
In a post on Twitter, Omar quoted the poet Maya Angelou, writing: "You may shoot me with your words,/ You may cut me with your eyes,/ You may kill me with your hatefulness,/But still, like air, I'll rise." House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said the chants have "no place in our party and no place in this country."
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