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Posted: 2019-07-14T16:29:46Z | Updated: 2019-07-20T19:19:33Z

President Donald Trump launched an inaccurate, vitriolic attack against progressive Democratic congresswomen on Sunday, referring to them as foreign-born and telling them to go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.

In Twitter postings, Trump didnt name anyone in his rant, though he apparently was targeting a group that includes four high-profile lawmakers who won election last November Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

All four are women of color though only Omar was born outside of the U.S. Born in Somalia, her family immigrated to the U.S. when she was a child. Ocasio-Cortez, like Trump, was born in New York, while Tlaib was born in Detroit and Pressley in Cincinnati.

The freshmen congresswomen have been outspoken critics of Trump, particularly over his handling of immigration and overcrowded detainment centers which have caused a humanitarian crisis along the U.S-Mexico border.

Omar and Tlaib both took shots at Trump at an event on Saturday, with Tlaib telling the crowd: Were going to impeach the MFer, dont worry!

Trump, in his criticism of the unidentified Progressive Democrat Congresswomen, said they 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).