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Trump Has Regrets: The ‘send her back’ chant at his rally was an ugly political moment.
Wall Street Journal ^ | July 18, 2019 7:21 pm ET

Posted on 07/19/2019 3:26:33 AM PDT by reaganaut1

Donald Trump rarely admits a mistake, much less an overstatement, so we’ll take the regret he expressed Thursday at the chant of “send her back” during his Wednesday rally as the moral equivalent of an apology. Let’s hope his supporters get the message, and that Mr. Trump stops egging them on.

The crowd in North Carolina broke into chants of “send her back” after Mr. Trump lambasted Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for hating America. Mr. Trump had used the words “go back” in a tweet earlier in the week, and the crowd’s chant shows how easily an ill-thought presidential comment can inspire ugly expressions of mass psychology.

The best that can be said is that the chant echoed the 2016 calls of “lock her up” regarding Hillary Clinton, and it may have begun in that raucous partisan spirit. But Wednesday’s chant was meaner in targeting Ms. Omar not merely for what she has said but as a naturalized citizen who should be banished from the U.S. The impulse is raw nativism.

Mr. Trump isn’t the first President to indulge in such group-targeted demagoguery. FDR railed in his 1932 campaign against “the Ishmaels and the Insulls, whose hand is against every man’s.” That was an anti-Semitic jibe against disgraced Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull, and the press corps at the time cheered Roosevelt on.

This time the chant was widely denounced, and not merely by the anti-Trump chorus. Mark Walker, a North Carolina Republican who was at the rally, tweeted afterward: “Though it was brief, I struggled with the ‘send her back’ chant tonight referencing Rep. Omar. Her history, words & actions reveal her great disdain for both America & Israel. That should be our focus and not phrasing that’s painful to our friends in the minority communities.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: fraudsquad; linguisticgymnastics; omar; regerts; sendherback; trump; trumprally; weijiajiang
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According to CBS News, Trump's wife, daughter, and VP have all told him to tone it down:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-send-her-back-president-took-heat-from-melania-ivanka-over-racist-chants-north-carolina-rally-2019-07-18/ By WEIJIA JIANG CBS NEWS July 18, 2019, 7:05 PM Trump took heat from Melania and Ivanka over racist chants at rally Washington — CBS News has learned President Trump took a lot of heat from his family over the racist chants at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Wednesday. He heard from first lady Melania Trump, his daughter Ivanka and Vice President Mike Pence.

1 posted on 07/19/2019 3:26:34 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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To: reaganaut1

And they know this how?


2 posted on 07/19/2019 3:31:58 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: reaganaut1

Very bothered by Trump backing down on this...


3 posted on 07/19/2019 3:32:36 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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WEIJIA JIANG guess she or he was there with the Trump family and knows all about the strife within. So the cheering when congresswomen Talib made the remark president mother fu#### and the crowd cheered is ok, when waters told the crowd to follow and get in the face of congress people you don’t agree with is cheered and ok. Oh the humanity! Now they will play up the victim and claim they are being targeted by white supremacists like the fraud jesse smollett


4 posted on 07/19/2019 3:34:15 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: reaganaut1

She should be sent back for immigration fraud.


5 posted on 07/19/2019 3:35:23 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: reaganaut1

I don’t regret it. Send her back.


6 posted on 07/19/2019 3:36:09 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: reaganaut1

it is not racist, but anti-terrorist.

she lied about her name, her father,
her brother, and she supports terrorists.


7 posted on 07/19/2019 3:40:05 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: dpetty121263

“Very bothered by Trump backing down on this...”

I’m not too bothered by it.
The sentiment “Send her back” is MINE, he never said it.

I’ll stand by it when it comes time to expose her immigration fraud. He doesn’t really have to. I’ve got his Six.


8 posted on 07/19/2019 3:42:22 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
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I need a quote where it says Trump regrets the remarks?


9 posted on 07/19/2019 3:43:37 AM PDT by Doofer
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To: reaganaut1

She should be more than sent back. She should be jailed for immigration fraud and then sent back. She is also a supporter of the BDS and a terrorism supporter and should be under constant surveillance until we can get rid of her.


10 posted on 07/19/2019 3:44:27 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: dpetty121263

Trump’s smart enough to know that turning people like Omar and AOC into “victims” is not going to help.


11 posted on 07/19/2019 3:44:39 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: Samurai_Jack

In the meantime, Omar gets even more scrutiny, is asked question she refuses to answer....

Works for me.


12 posted on 07/19/2019 3:45:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: reaganaut1

mainstream media will command us to do self loathing.


13 posted on 07/19/2019 3:47:35 AM PDT by granada
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To: Truth29

...And “lock her up wasn’t”? Please, let’s be consistent here.


14 posted on 07/19/2019 3:50:09 AM PDT by Bladerunner
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To: reaganaut1

If Trump holds a rally this coming Wednesday it’ll be interesting if the chant appears again and what will happen if it does.


15 posted on 07/19/2019 3:50:28 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: granada

If the ‘Rats want Omar gone, the ‘Rats will leak proof of immigration and other issues to the enemedia who will blame Pubbies for the leaks.

It’ll get Omar gone, the Pubbies blamed.

Omar is toast. The only question is whether she knows it or not.


16 posted on 07/19/2019 3:51:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds)
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To: reaganaut1

No. It wasn’t an ugly moment. Omar should be investigated for immigration fraud and the government should “Send Her Back” if it proves out.


17 posted on 07/19/2019 3:51:55 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: reaganaut1

This is a mistake Mr President.


18 posted on 07/19/2019 3:52:02 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: dpetty121263

Yep. It would have been better if the Donald said go look at Omar’s anti American statements. My supporters are sick of her ingratitude. Go talk to Omar. Ask her why she thinks all these people can’t stand her.

On the bright side, the Donald clearly won the week. The squad, Pelosi and the Dems took a beating. They’re been branded as radicals. The Donald is well positioned to respond to the next outrageous things Dems say or do.


19 posted on 07/19/2019 3:54:08 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul (s)
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To: Doofer
I need a quote where it says Trump regrets the remarks?

He said he wasn't happy with the remarks and didn't like that they did it and that's about it. Link

20 posted on 07/19/2019 3:56:29 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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