Trump’s Twitter Tirade is meant to Distract you from His Policies

If it has not been clear that the President of the United States is racist, we certainly learned that he was in his latest Tweets.

He has spent the past couple of days unleashing racist attack, after racist attack on four progressive freshman congresswomen of color, known as The Squad, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar. Without mentioning them by name, Trump said on Sunday that the “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe” should “go back” to where they came from.

While attention has been on his xenophobic, bigoted remarks, which are nothing new in this administration, his administration has advanced several anti-immigrant policies and narratives over the same period of time.

The congresswomen addressed Trump’s comments in a recent press conference. Instead of defending themselves, The Squad stressed that instead of sparring with Trump over tweets, they are committed to working on issues that Americans were concerned about such as healthcare and the conditions in migrant…