The chairman of the House Republican campaign arm denounced the “send her back” chants at President Trump’s Wednesday night rally, saying there was “no place for that kind of talk.”
Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Emmer (R-Minn) defended Trump against accusations of racism, insisting that there is “not a racist bone in this president’s body.”
But he also condemned the thousands of attendees at Trump’s rally who chanted “send her back” in reference to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who was born in Somalia and is one of the first muslim women elected to Congress.
“There’s no place for that kind of talk,” Emmer told reporters at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor on Thursday morning. “I don’t agree with that.”
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GOP House campaign chair condemns "send her back" chants at Trump rally: "There's no place for that kind of talk" https://t.co/D11Yqeg2IL pic.twitter.com/qIFNTUhRyp
— The Hill (@thehill) July 18, 2019
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are expressing discomfort over racist chants of “send her back” that broke out at Donald Trump’s campaign rally last night https://t.co/yDhxSJqrOn
— POLITICO (@politico) July 18, 2019
GOP lawmaker condemns "send her back" chants at Trump rally: "This ugliness must end" https://t.co/AgRtYoSdIO pic.twitter.com/Hb0oTBmW70
— The Hill (@thehill) July 18, 2019
I deeply disagree with the extreme left & have been disgusted by their tone. I woke up today equally disgusted – chants like “send her back” are ugly, wrong, & would send chills down the spines of our Founding Fathers. This ugliness must end, or we risk our great union.
— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) July 18, 2019
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