WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant in the face of widespread censure, President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that his tweets suggesting four Democratic congresswomen of colour return to their countries “were NOT Racist,” and he appealed to fellow Republicans to “not show weakness” and to resist a House resolution condemning his words.
“I don’t have a Racist bone in my body!” Trump exclaimed on Twitter, a day after declaring that “many people agree” with his assessment of the four freshman lawmakers.
“Those Tweets were NOT Racist,” Trump wrote Tuesday amid a continued backlash to his weekend tweets that progressive women “go back” to their “broken and crime-infested” countries Read More….http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/world-news/20190716/i-dont-have-racist-bone-my-body-says-trump