唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统周六对一群进步的民主党国会女议员进行了斥责，称她们“最初都来自那些政府完全彻底陷入灾难的国家”，在担心美国政治之前，她们应该“回去”修复这些国家。然而，特朗普瞄准的几乎所有议员都出生在美国。
特朗普利用周日上午的时间猛烈抨击所谓的进步议会成员“班”，包括明尼苏达州的伊尔汉·奥马尔(Ilhan Omar)、密歇根州的拉希达·特拉伊布(Rashida Tlaib)、马萨诸塞州的阿扬纳·普雷斯利(Ayanna Pressley)和纽约的亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯(Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)，声称他们来自“腐败”和“无能”的外国。总统怀疑地指责这些当选的政府成员“恶毒地告诉”美国人“我们的政府应该如何运作”。
更新:Ocasio-Cortez回答周日晚些时候对特朗普说，“总统先生，我‘来自’的国家&我们都发誓的国家，是美国。但考虑到你是如何用不人道的营地摧毁我们的边境，这一切都是为了你&那些从中获利的军团，你对你脚下的腐败是绝对正确的。”
尽管特朗普尖刻地建议众议院议员回到他们“破碎和犯罪猖獗”的祖国，但只有一名隐含的女议员奥马尔是外国出生的。奥马尔出生在索马里，但小时候就和家人逃离了这个非洲国家，一直生活在那里在美国自从她1992年10岁时来到这里。
尽管如此，特朗普推特周日:“看到‘进步’民主党国会女议员如此有趣，她们最初来自政府是一场彻底的灾难，是世界上最糟糕、最腐败和最无能的国家(如果她们有一个正常运转的政府的话)，现在大声而恶毒地告诉美国人民，这个世界上最伟大和最强大的国家，我们的政府将如何运作。他们为什么不回去帮助修复他们来的完全破碎和犯罪猖獗的地方。然后回来告诉我们是怎么做的。”
总统试图利用众议院民主党成员之间的分歧，让议长南希·佩洛西与国会女议员对立起来，尤其是在两个团体因最近的一项边境拨款法案而分裂之后。
“这些地方非常需要你的帮助，你走得不够快。我相信南希·佩洛西会很乐意尽快制定出免费的旅行安排！”他继续的。
尽管特朗普声称，但目前众议院只有13名议员和一名美国参议员——夏威夷的民主党议员马齐·广野(Mazie Hirono)——是移民，在参众两院535名投票成员中占略多于2%。
2019年2月7日，美国纽约州民主党众议员亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯和明尼苏达州民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔在DC华盛顿美国国会大厦外出席记者招待会，呼吁国会削减对美国移民和海关执法局的资助，拆除边境拘留设施。索尔·勒布/法新社/盖蒂图片社
总共有52名移民和移民的子女服务根据皮尤研究中心的列表，众议院和参议院分别有16名和16名议员。
据报道，2018年1月，特朗普在椭圆形办公室的一次闭门咆哮中抱怨来自“南方国家”的移民，并问“为什么我们要所有这些来自“南方国家”的人来这里？”
在其他女议员中，普雷斯利出生在俄亥俄州辛辛那提，奥卡西奥-科尔特斯出生在纽约市，特拉伊布出生在底特律。在前总统巴拉克·奥巴马任期内，特朗普一再反驳“生育者”的要求，质疑夏威夷出生的奥巴马是否原产于美国。
这个故事的早期版本不准确地说，Ayanna Pressley出生在芝加哥。事实上，她出生在俄亥俄州辛辛那提，然后在芝加哥长大。
TRUMP TELLS PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS 'GO BACK' TO NATIVE COUNTRIES, SAYS PELOSI WILL HELP DEPORT CONGRESSWOMEN
President Donald Trump railed against a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen on Saturday, appearing to claim they all "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe" and that they should "go back" to "fix" those countries before worrying about U.S. politics. However, almost all of the lawmakers Trump targeted were born in America.
Trump used his Sunday morning to lash out at the so-called "Squad" of progressive House members, including Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, claiming they are from "corrupt" and "inept" foreign countries. The president incredulously railed against these elected members of government for "viciously telling" Americans "how our government" should be run.
Update: Ocasio-Cortez responded to Trump later Sunday, "Mr. President, the country I 'come from,' & the country we all swear to, is the United States. But given how you've destroyed our border with inhumane camps, all at a benefit to you & the corps who profit off them, you are absolutely right about the corruption laid at your feet."
Only one of the implied congresswomen, Omar, is foreign-born despite Trump's vitriolic suggestion the House members return to their "broken and crime infested" home countries. Omar was born in Somalia, but fled the African nation with her family as a young child, and has been living in the U.S. since she arrived 1992 at the age of 10.
Despite this fact, Trump tweeted Sunday: "So interesting to see 'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. 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."
The president tried to capitalize on rifts among Democratic Party members of the House by pitting Speaker Nancy Pelosi against the congresswomen, particularly in the wake of the two groups splitting over a recent border funding bill.
"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!" he continued.
Despite Trump's claim, only 13 members of the current House and one U.S. Senator — Democrat Mazie Hirono of Hawaii — are immigrants, accounting for a little more than 2 percent of the 535 total voting members in both chambers of Congress.
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, and US Representative Ilhan Omar (R), Democrat of Minnesota, attend a press conference calling on Congress to cut funding for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and to defund border detention facilities, outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 7, 2019.SAUL LOEB/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
In total, there are 52 immigrants and children of immigrants serving in the House and 16 currently in the Senate, according to a tabulation by the Pew Research Center.
In January 2018, Trump reportedly complained about immigrants coming from "s**thole countries" in a closed-door rant in the Oval Office, asking "Why do we want all these people from 'sh**hole countries' coming here?"
Of the other congresswomen, Pressley was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ocasio-Cortez was born in New York City and Tlaib was born in Detroit. During former President Barack Obama's tenure in office, Trump led repeatedly disproven "birther" demands calling into question whether Hawaii-born Obama was native to America.
An earlier version of this story inaccurately stated that Ayanna Pressley had been born in Chicago. In fact, she was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and then grew up in Chicago.
