唐纳德·特朗普总统的儿子埃里克·特朗普为他父亲的种族主义推文辩护，该推文告诉进步民主党国会议员“回到”他们的国家，他说:“我喜欢这条推文”和“我喜欢他的信息”
在...期间面试福克斯新闻早间节目狐狸和朋友联合主持人史蒂夫·杜西向特朗普组织的执行副总裁埃里克·特朗普询问他父亲的推特消息。他指出，就连一些共和党人也批评了特朗普的言论。但是总统的儿子并不担心。
“我喜欢推特。如果你不爱我们的国家，出去，离开，”特朗普回答道。“你知道，如果你抱怨我们的国家，你知道，去某个地方——去世界其他地方体验，”他继续说道。
5月6日，唐纳德·特朗普总统的儿子埃里克·特朗普在华盛顿特区白宫玫瑰园为高尔夫球手泰格·伍兹举行仪式SAUL LOEB/法新社
特朗普接着坚持认为美国人拥有它“如此之好”，美国“绝对是一切方面最好的”，这种说法缺乏证据。“我们有幸生活在这个国家，如果你对此不高兴，我喜欢他的信息，离开，”他断言道。
总统周日发起推特攻击反对进步民主国会女议员马萨诸塞州的阿扬纳·普雷斯利、纽约的亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯、密歇根州的拉希达·特拉伊卜和明尼苏达州的伊尔汉·奥马尔。他认为他们应该“回到”他们来的国家，并补充道:“你不能太快离开。”所有代表都是有色人种，四分之三的人出生在美国，奥马尔出生在索马里，年轻时移民到美国，2000年成为归化公民。
包括一些共和党人在内的批评者指出，人们告诉非白人美国人离开或回到他们的国家的悠久历史是一种卑鄙的种族主义比喻。事实上，根据美国联邦平等就业机会委员会(EEOC)做出这样的评论在法律上被视为歧视。如果一个雇主对一名员工说了特朗普说过的同样的话，这名员工可以提起法律诉讼，因为那是违法的。
众议院周二正式谴责总统的种族主义推文，本周他多次将推文翻了一番。除了四名共和党人和众议员之外，该决议几乎是按照政党路线通过的Justin Amash他于本月早些时候离开共和党成为独立人士，与民主党同事一起谴责总统的言论。
...任何派对上任何人的煽动性言论。美国拥抱多样性，这必须继续下去。引用里根总统的话，“感谢每一波新来者...
——弗雷德·厄普顿(@RepFredUpton)2019年7月16日
密歇根州共和党众议员弗雷德·厄普顿说:“今天的决议针对的是坦率地说，任何工作场所的领导人无论大小都不能接受的具体措辞。”在推特上写道在投票支持该决议后。“如果我们要把文明带回我们政治的中心，我们就必须随时公开反对任何党派的任何人发表煽动性言论。美国拥抱多样性，这必须继续下去。”
但是埃里克·特朗普和他的父亲一样，极力为自己的言论辩护，攻击民主党。他告诉我狐狸和朋友民主党已经成为“激进的社会党”他认为，如果“这些疯子中的一个上台”，将对经济产生负面影响。
“你不妨把钱从银行拿出来，藏在床垫下，”他说。
ERIC TRUMP SAYS HE LOVES HIS DAD'S RACIST TWEETS: 'I LIKE HIS MESSAGE, LEAVE'
President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump has defended his father's racist tweets telling progressive Democratic congresswomen to "go back" to their countries, saying: "I love the tweet" and "I like his message."
During an interview on Fox News' morning show Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy pressed Eric Trump, who is an executive vice president at The Trump Organization, about his father's tweets. He pointed out that even some Republicans had criticized Trump over the remarks. But the president's son was unfazed.
"I love the tweet. If you don't love our country, get out, leave," Trump replied to Doocy. "You know, if you complain about our country, you know, go to somewhere – go experience somewhere else in the world," he continued.
Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, attends a ceremony for golfer Tiger Woods in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 6SAUL LOEB/AFP
Trump then insisted that Amercans have it "so good" and that the U.S. is the "best at absolutely everything," a claim that lacks evidence. "We are blessed to live in this country, and if you're not happy about it, I like his message, leave," he asserted.
The president on Sunday leveled a Twitter attack against progressive Democratic Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. He argued that they should "go back" to the countries "from which they came," adding: "you can't leave soon enough." All the representatives are women of color, and three of the four were born as American citizens in the U.S. Omar was born in Somalia and immigrated to the U.S. as a young girl, becoming a naturalized citizen nearly two decades ago in 2000.
Critics, including some Republicans, pointed to the long history of people telling non-white Americans to leave or go back to their countries as a vile racist trope. In fact, according to the federal U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), making such comments is legally considered discrimination. If an employer were to make the same remarks that Trump did to an employee, the worker could file a legal complaint because that would be against the law.
The House of Representatives formally condemned the president for the racist tweets on Tuesday, which he had doubled down on multiple times this week. The resolution passed nearly along party lines, with the exception of four Republicans and Representative Justin Amash, who left the GOP to become an independent earlier this month, joining their Democratic colleagues in condemning the president's comments.
...inflammatory rhetoric from anyone in any party anytime it happens. America embraces diversity, and that must continue. To quote President Reagan, “Thanks to each wave of new arrivals...
— Fred Upton (@RepFredUpton) July 16, 2019
"Today's resolution was targeted at the specific words that frankly are not acceptable from a leader in any work place large or small," Republican Representative Fred Upton of Michigan wrote on Twitter after voting in support of the resolution. "If we're going to bring civility back to the center of our politics, we must speak out against inflammatory rhetoric from anyone in any party anytime it happens. America embraces diversity, and that must continue."
But Eric Trump, like his father, doubled down defending the comments and attacking the Democratic party. He told Fox & Friends that Democrats have become a "radical socialist party." He argued that if "one of these lunatics gets into office" it would have a negative impact on the economy.
"You might as well pull your money out of the bank and hide it under your mattress," he said.
