【美洲华联社讯】美国总统特朗普星期一驳斥了批评人士对于他对国会4名民主党议员的攻击是种族主义行为的说法，这四名议员均为非白人女性。
民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯,拉什达·特莱布,普莱斯利在国会众议院监督委员会就家庭分离和拘留中心举行的听证会上。2019年7月12日
特朗普说：“某些人对我们的国家有意见，某些人不想在我们的国家,他们应该离开。”此前一天，他让这些议员“回到”他们来自的地方,尽管这四个议员中的三人出生在美国，另外一名议员虽出生在索马里但已归化为美国公民。
当被问及他的言论是否是种族主义时，特朗普对白宫记者说，“一点也不。”
特朗普星期一在推特上再次攻击这四名今年1月才刚进入国会的女议员，说她们贬低了美国、以色列和总统。
特朗普星期天在推特上让这几位议员“回去帮助修复他们原来居住的完全破败和‘犯罪猖獗’的地方。”
反对党民主党人马上批评特朗普的言论是种族主义和排外，众议院议长佩洛西星期一说，众议院将对谴责特朗普言论的决议进行表决。
佩洛西周一在致民主党议员的信中写道：“这个周末，总统突破了他自己本就很低的底线，用可耻的语言攻击国会议员。正如我昨天在推特上所说的，我反对总统那些意在分裂我们国家的排外言论。他不应该攻击国会议员，而是应该与我们合作，制定反映美国价值观的人道移民政策。今天早上，总统加倍攻击我们的四名同事，让他们向他道歉。让我明确表示，我们的党团将继续对这些令人作呕的攻击作出强有力的回应。”
周一，一些共和党议员也加入了对特朗普的批评。
来自密歇根州的共和党国会议员弗雷德·厄普顿说:“总统的推文完全是错误的，毫无道理。”宾夕法尼亚州共和党参议员帕特▪图米说：“特朗普总统让四位左翼国会女议员回到他们来自的地方，这是错误的……这四个人的公民身份和我的一样有效。”
特朗普总统的坚定支持者参议员林赛·格雷厄姆表示，总统对这四个人的批评应该“瞄准更高的目标”。
他说：“我们都知道这群人是一群共产主义者。他们恨以色列，他们恨我们自己的国家，他们管边境警卫、边境控制人员叫集中营警卫，他们指责支持以色列的人是为了钱，他们是反犹主义者，他们是反美国的，别管这些，瞄准更高的目标。我们不需要了解他们的个人情况。谈谈他们的政策。”
这四位进步派议员一直在移民政策等问题上与民主党众议院议长佩洛西争论不休。最近几天，这一争端引起了特朗普的注意。
TRUMP DEMOCRATS 3rd upd
(( TITLE: TRUMP DEMOCRATS 3rd upd
HEAD: Trump Rejects Contention His Attacks on Non-White Lawmakers Are Racist
TEASER: President Trump’s tweets about progressive, newly-elected members of Congress are deemed racist and xenophobic by his critics
TWEET: Trump rejects contention his attacks on non-white lawmakers are racist
DATE: 07/15/2019
PUBLISHED AT: Monday, July 15, 2019 1:48:07 PM
NUMBER: 28595522
WEB BYLINE: Steve Herman
CONTRIBUTOR: Ken Bredemeier
WRITER: Steve Herman, Ken Bredemeier
DATELINE: White House
TYPE: OCN
UPDATE: new hed, new grafs 1-5, 10-11 ))
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rejected critics’ claims that his attacks on four Democratic members of Congress, all women of color, are racist.
“Somebody has a problem with our country, somebody doesn’t want to be in our country, they should leave,” Trump said, a day after he told the lawmakers to “go back” to the countries they came from, even though three of the four were born in the United States and the fourth emigrated from Somalia but is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Asked whether his comments were racist, Trump told White House reporters, “Not at all.”
In Twitter statements Monday, Trump renewed his attacks on Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the Somali native; Massachusetts Rep. Ayana Pressley, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio; New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a native New Yorker, and Michigan Rep. Rashid Tlaib, who was born in Detroit.
He contended the four women, all newcomers to Congress in January, had demeaned the U.S., Israel and the presidency.
“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,” Trump tweeted. “So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150720283654938625
On Twitter Sunday, Trump told the lawmakers to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
Opposition Democrats were quick to criticize Trump’s remarks as racist and xenophobic, and House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday the chamber will vote on a resolution to condemn the comments.
A handful of Republican lawmakers joined in attacks on Trump on Monday
Republican Congressman Fred Upton of Michigan, said, “The President’s tweets were flat out wrong and uncalled for.” Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said, “President Trump was wrong to suggest that four left-wing congresswomen should go back to where they came from…. The citizenship of all four is as valid as mine.”
A staunch Republican defender of Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham, who golfed with him over the weekend, said the president should “aim higher” with his criticism of the four, even as Graham disparaged their views.
“We all know AOC (the acronym for Ocasio-Cortez) and this crowd are a bunch of communists,” Graham told Fox News on Monday. “They hate Israel, they hate our own country, they’re calling the guards along our border, the border control agents, concentration camp guards, they accuse people who support Israel of doing it for the Benjamins (money), they’re anti-Semitic, they’re anti-America, don’t get that, aim higher. We don’t need to know anything about them personally. Talk about their policy.”
The four progressives have been squabbling with Democratic House Speaker Pelosi over immigration policy and other issues. The dispute has attracted Trump’s attention in recent days, even prompting him to utter rare public support for Pelosi – at least when it comes to her attempt to rein in the newly elected foursome.
Trump’s first tweets about the minority female members of Congress, known as “the squad,” came about 20 minutes after a segment about them on the Fox News Channel. The president frequently reacts quickly on social media to what he sees on Fox, his favorite news channel.
Omar, in particular, has been a frequent topic of critical coverage on the cable television channel, in part due to her frequent criticism of Israel and comments perceived as anti-Semitic.
Omar and Tlaib are the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress.
In a Twitter response to Trump on Sunday, Omar reminded him that the United States is the only country to which members of Congress swear an oath.
“Which is why we are fighting to protect it from the worst, most corrupt and inept president we have ever seen,” added the Minnesotan.
“You are angry because you can’t conceive of an America that includes us,” Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez responded to Trump on Twitter. “You rely on a frightened America for your plunder.” [[ https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1150445185438035968 ]]
British Prime Minister Theresa May also offered her view of the situation, saying Monday that’s Trump’s comments were “completely unacceptable.”
Begin forwarded message:
From: Speaker Pelosi <[email protected]>
Date: July 15, 2019 at 12:24:51 PM EDT
Subject: PELOSI — Dear Colleague on Resolution Responding to President Trump’s Xenophobic Statements
Reply-To: Speaker Pelosi <[email protected]>
July 15, 2019
Dear Democratic Colleague,
On Sunday, it was a sign to us that the Catholic Gospel reading was that of the Good Samaritan, where Jesus teaches us to love our neighbors as ourselves and treat them with mercy. Trump’s ICE raids this weekend are the opposite of mercy. We have been monitoring these raids closely insisting that #FamiliesBelongTogether and that everyone #KnowYourRights.
This weekend, the President went beyond his own low standards using disgraceful language about Members of Congress. As I wrote on Twitter yesterday, I reject the President’s xenophobic comments meant to divide our nation. Rather than attack Members of Congress, he should work with us for humane immigration policy that reflects American values. This morning, the President doubled down on his attacks on our four colleagues suggesting they apologize to him. Let me be clear, our Caucus will continue to forcefully respond to these disgusting attacks.
The House cannot allow the President’s characterization of immigrants to our country to stand. Our Republican colleagues must join us in condemning the President’s xenophobic tweets. Please join us in supporting a forthcoming resolution sponsored by Congressman Tom Malinowski, who was born abroad, and Congressman Jamie Raskin, along with other Democratic Members born abroad referencing President Ronald Reagan’s last speech as President in which he said, “Thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of opportunity, we’re a nation forever young, forever bursting with energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge, always leading the world to the next frontier… If we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.”
Unfortunately, this morning, the Trump Administration announced they will seek to undermine our nation’s asylum laws. This cruel and anti-immigrant Administration is overreaching and stacking the deck against asylum seekers by limiting their rights to due process under our laws. This is simply not who we are as a country. Instead, we should be working in a bipartisan way for comprehensive immigration reform to protect our values as we protect our borders.
This week, our Committees will be reporting out new legislation to address the urgent humanitarian situation at our southern border by providing for humane treatment of asylum-seekers and holding the Administration accountable for its failures. Hopefully, our House Republican colleagues will join us in supporting this critical legislation to help the children at the border.
Thank you for your leadership.（文章来源：美国之音）
