英国政治家做了大多数共和党人不会做的事——大声喊出种族主义总统唐纳德·特朗普的推特，告诉有色人种民主党众议员“回到”他们来的地方
周三，特蕾莎·梅首相和苏格兰民族党威斯敏斯特议会领袖伊恩·布莱克福特在下议院发表讲话，此前三天，特朗普在推特上发表了针对进步代表亚历山大·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯、拉希达·特拉伊卜、阿扬纳·普雷斯利和伊尔汉·奥马尔的言论，他们是四个海外出生者中唯一的一个。
布莱克福特说，将于下周卸任的梅“终于做了正确的事情”
“当唐纳德·特朗普告诉女性应该回家时，她大声说这是不可接受的，”布莱克福特说。“议长先生让我说清楚，唐纳德·特朗普的行为是教科书上的种族主义。他们令人反感，外交礼貌永远不应该阻止我们这样说。”
梅证实:“我强烈谴责唐纳德·特朗普总统的这些言论。”
就在英国驻美国大使因称特朗普无能而辞职几天后，苏格兰国民党议会领袖伊恩·布莱克福特称特朗普的攻击为“教科书式的种族主义”，首相特里萨·梅表示，她“强烈谴责”特朗普的言论。
MSNBC的我是乔伊主持人乔伊·里德周五早上分享了下议院讨论的视频，并评论道:“这种厌恶是全球性的。”
事实上，德国总理安吉拉·默克尔周五说，“是的。是的。毫无疑问，我拒绝并声援他所针对的女议员”。
与此同时，共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆周四就特朗普的推特说，“我不认为这是种族主义。”
“我不认为拥抱特朗普的索马里难民会被要求回去。如果你是种族主义者，你希望每个人都回去，因为他们是黑人或穆斯林。事情不是这样的。对我来说，这四位国会议员以他们自己的方式表现出了令人难以置信的挑衅性。”格雷厄姆告诉记者:“如果你认为他是种族主义者，那就由你决定——我不这么认为。”
周一，副总统迈克·彭斯的幕僚长迈克·肖特在福克斯新闻上否认特朗普是种族主义者，因为他选择出生在台湾的赵小兰作为他的交通部长。
肖特说:“当人们写到总统在这里有种族主义动机时，只要看看谁实际上在唐纳德·特朗普的内阁中任职的现实就知道了”。
美国财政部长史蒂夫·穆努钦周一也表示，“我不认为他们是种族主义者。”
唐纳德·特朗普总统和英国首相特里萨·梅在2017年7月7日德国汉堡举行的主题为“全球增长和贸易”的G20峰会第一次工作会议上合影。梅是谴责特朗普针对四名有色国会女议员的种族主义推特的英国政治家之一。托马斯·洛尼斯/盖蒂
然而，周二在众议院，只有四名共和党人和235名民主党人一起投票赞成一项正式谴责特朗普种族主义言论的决议。四名共和党人是威尔·赫德、苏珊·布鲁克斯、布赖恩·菲茨帕特里克和弗雷德·厄普顿。本月早些时候离开共和党的众议员贾斯汀·阿玛什(Justin Amash)也投票赞成这项遭到187名共和党人反对的决议。
U.K. POLITICIANS, NOT REPUBLICANS, CONDEMN TRUMP'S 'TEXTBOOK RACIST' TWEETS ATTACKING DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMEN
British politicians have done what the majority of Republicans won't do—call out as racist President Donald Trump's tweets telling Democratic congresswomen of color to "go back" to "places from which they came."
Prime Minister Theresa May and the Scottish National Party's Westminster Parliamentary Leader Ian Blackford spoke out in the House of Commons Wednesday, three days after Trump's tweets directed at progressive Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar, the only one of the four born abroad.
Blackford said that May, who will step down from office next week, "finally did the right thing."
"When Donald Trump told women that they should go home, she called it out as unacceptable," Blackford said. "Mr. speaker let me be clear, Donald Trump's actions are textbook racist. They are repugnant and diplomatic politeness should never stop us from saying so."
May confirmed: "I have strongly condemned those comments made by President Donald Trump."
Just days after the UK ambassador to the U.S. resigned for calling Trump incompetent, SNP Parliament leader Ian Blackford calls Trump’s attacks “textbook racism†and Prime Minister Theresa May says she “strongly condemned†Trump’s remarks.
— Keith Boykin
MSNBC's AM Joy host Joy Reid on Friday morning shared a video of the discussion in the House of Commons and commented, "The revulsion is global."
Indeed, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said, "Yes. Yes. Without a question, I reject and stand in solidarity with the congresswomen he targeted."
Meanwhile, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday regarding Trump's tweets said, "I don't think it's racist."
"I don't think a Somali refugee embracing Trump would be asked to go back. If you're racist, you want everybody to go back because they are black or Muslim. That's not what this is about. What this is about to me is that these four congresswoman, in their own way, have been incredibly provocative." Graham told reporters: "If you think he's a racist, that's up to you—I don't."
On Monday Mike Short, Vice President Mike Pence's Chief of Staff, went on Fox News to deny that Trump is racist because he chose Elaine Chao, who was born in Taiwan, as his transportation secretary.
"When people write that the president has racist motives here, just look at the reality of who is actually serving in Donald Trump's cabinet," Short said.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Monday also said, "I don't find them racist."
President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May pictured during the first working session of the G20 Nations Summit with the topic 'Global Growth and Trade' on July 7, 2017, in Hamburg, Germany. May was among U.K. politicians who condemned Trump for his racist tweets against four congresswomen of color.THOMAS LOHNES/GETTY
However in the House of Representatives Tuesday, just four Republicans joined 235 Democrats in voting in favor of a resolution to officially condemn Trump's racist remarks. The four Republicans were Will Hurd, Susan Brooks, Brian Fitzpatrick and Fred Upton. Representative Justin Amash, who left the Republican Party earlier this month, also voted in favor of the resolution opposed by 187 Republicans.
