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Congresswomen Denounce Trump Tweets Telling Them To 'Go Back' To Their Home Countries

Four freshman lawmakers, all minorities, targeted in a series of tweets by the president on Sunday denounced his remarks as racist and responsible for "stoking white nationalism."

Updated at 8:55 p.m. ET

A group of four minority Democratic congresswomen targeted by President Trump in a series of Sunday morning tweets are denouncing his remarks as an example of "racism" and argued that the comments are "stoking white nationalism."

Weighing in on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and four liberal Democrats dubbed "the squad," " 'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen" in his tweets, saying they should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from

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