Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, now a CNN commentator, said President Donald Trump needs to be more presidential following a series of tweets using racist language attacking progressive Democratic lawmakers.
“I don’t like any of it, and I’ve always called him out on tweets,” said Love on CNN Sunday. “I think he has to be more presidential. When you are the president of the United States, you represent all Americans, even those that you don’t like very much.”
Trump implied in the social media posts that the Democratic congresswomen weren’t born in America and suggested “they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came.” Trump did not name the members of Congress, but it is generally assumed he was referencing New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley. Of the four, only Omar was not born in America.
Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, lamented Trump’s divisive rhetoric on social media.
“I’m an American. I’ve always been an American. I’ve been a Republican longer than he has. I think that’s the problem. Most people don’t see, don’t feel like they’re part of this American that he talks about,” she said.
Love also tut-tutted the Democratic women for their behavior on Twitter as well, saying they should take the high road, too.
“I always tell my kids to take the high road. I’m telling everybody else to do the same thing. I’m telling all of the representatives in Congress to take the high road.”
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