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Some brief thoughts on the president's tweets about ''Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen,' presumably Reps. Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, and Tlaib. They were bad for two reasons... 1/5
The first is the substance. Not just because they were technically wrong, since three of the four were born in the US. The tweets were wrong because they sent a xenophobic, discouraging message to immigrants who come to the US legally. 2/5
If the US has admitted them, especially from terrible countries, the president should want them to become Americans and live safe, prosperous, and productive lives. Trump's tweets said just the opposite. 3/5
The second is the politics of it. Trump tweeted at a time when the Squad and Nancy Pelosi were at each others' throats. When your opponents are fighting each other, don't interfere. Now they can all unite to denounce the president. 4/5
Yes, Trump was singling out four particularly angry political adversaries -- remember 'Impeach the motherfucker!' But now he has made a story of Democratic intra-party tensions into one about himself. 5/5 End.
