Anthony Scaramucci Calls Trump Attack On 4 Democrats 'Racist And Unacceptable'

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci condemned President Donald Trump s racially charged attacks on a group of Democratic congresswomen of color, calling the comments by the man he briefly worked for racist and unacceptable.

Would @realDonaldTrump ever tell a white immigrant whether 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th+ generation - to go back to your country? Scaramucci tweeted on Tuesday. No. Thats why the comments were racist and unacceptable.

He continued: America is a nation of immigrants founded on the ideals of free thought and free speech.

Would @realDonaldTrump ever tell a white immigrant - whether 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th+ generation - to \"go back to your country\"? No. That's why the comments were racist and unacceptable.

America is a nation of immigrants founded on the ideals of free thought and free speech.

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Would @realDonaldTrump ever tell a white immigrant - whether 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th+ generation - to "go back to your country"? No. That's why the comments were racist and unacceptable.

America is a nation of immigrants founded on the ideals of free thought and free speech.
Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) July 16, 2019

Trump on Sunday launched a racist tirade against freshman Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.).

All four have been outspoken critics of the president, particularly over his handling of immigration and the humanitarian crisis at migrant detention centers along the U.S-Mexico border.

The president in his series of hate-filled tweets referred to the women as foreign-born and told them to go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.

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Three were born in the U.S. Omar was born in Somalia, immigrating to the U.S. with family when she was a child.

Facing backlash over the racist comments, Trump had doubled down on his attack, saying on the four lawmakers: These are people who hate our country.

In a series of fresh tweets on Tuesday, he also falsely accused the women of being pro-terrorist and anti-USA.

Trumps comments have sparked a wave of outrage among Democrats , but Republicans have been largely silent or issued cautious rebukes, at best .