Republican Lawmaker Offers to Pay for Tickets If Progressive Democratic Lawmakers Leave US

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference in the House Visitors Center at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Nov. 30, 2018. At left is representative-elect Ilhan Omar, D-MN. MANDEL NGAN / AFP

A Republican Congressman said that he would personally pay for plane tickets from the United States if any Democratic lawmakers want to leave the country.

Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.) was responding to criticism of President Donald Trump, who had said that some leftist members of Congress should return to their home countries if they don’t like the United States.