In a classic case of reversal of guilt, Donald Trump said on Monday that the women who were victims of his racist attack on Sunday — the Justice Democrats Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez known as “The Squad” — should apologize not just to America, but to the country of Israel and even personally to him.
Rep. Omar was actually the true target of his racist attack on Sunday. Trump and Republicans are made exceedingly uncomfortable by Omar’s headscarf and by the depth of brown her skin is. This is a political party whose gradations of fear can be measured not only by color but by how dark that color is.
His renewed attack came after having tweeted a series of followups on Sunday:
So sad to see the Democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our Country and who, in addition, hate Israel with a true and unbridled passion. Whenever confronted, they call their adversaries, including Nancy Pelosi, “RACIST.” Their disgusting language…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
….and the many terrible things they say about the United States must not be allowed to go unchallenged. If the Democrat Party wants to continue to condone such disgraceful behavior, then we look even more forward to seeing you at the ballot box in 2020!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
But he failed to get the rise out of the women that his tweets were intended to generate, instead prompting reasonable responses from each, including a solid psychoanalysis from the New York quarter of The Squad:
But you know what’s the rub of it all, Mr. President?
On top of not accepting an America that elected us, you cannot accept that we don’t fear you,either.
You can’t accept that we will call your bluff & offer a positive vision for this country. And that’s what makes you seethe.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 14, 2019
But Monday’s attack was both ironic and hideous:
When will the Radical Left Congresswomen apologize to our Country, the people of Israel and even to the Office of the President, for the foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said. So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 15, 2019
Foul language? You mean like calling the country Rep. Omar was born in — long before she was ever elected to public office, before he even knew her name — a “shithole”? That kind of foul language?
His mentions of Israel, of course, are prompted by the lies that were spread by Republicans after Rep. Tlaib’s comments about a Jewish lobbying group were deliberately misinterpreted by the right and even by the right-wing current leader of Israel.
All this talk of racism leaves the taste of iron in my mouth as America continues to watch the Trump administration lock away and torture asylum seekers at the southern border and conduct violent raids with the enforcement arm of Trump’s racist goon squad, ICE.
Trump’s remarks have, of course, been roundly condemned by Democrats while Republicans have remained completely silent, content to hold on to power no matter the cost of their souls.
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