Donald Trump took aim at a group of congresswomen of color in a controversial attack on Sunday, telling the Bronx born and raised Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to go back to her "original" countries.
The attacks came in a series of tweets aimed at freshman members of congress, with Trump saying he "doesn't even know where they came from." As Mediaite noted, Trump was taking aim at a group of members of Congress who voted against the House version of the border bill -- Omar, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).
Omar was the only member of that group born outside the United States, yet Trump said in a tweet that they should go back to their "original" countries.
"Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how……..it is done. These places need your help badly, you can't leave fast enough. I'm sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!" Trump wrote.
Ocasio-Cortez has spoken frequently about her upbringing in the Bronx, and now represents the district that borders Trump's own childhood home in Queens.
The attack appeared to have racial undertones, the Independent noted, as all were women of color. As the report noted, many commenters immediately slammed the attack as racist, with some even calling it "early Hitler"-style rhetoric.
Donald Trump has also frequently taken aim at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, though also reserved some praise for her as well. As The Guardian noted, Trump said in a recent interview that she has a "certain talent" and compared her to former Argentinian first lady Eva Peron, though also said he believes the Bronx congresswoman "knows nothing."