Trump Says Progressive Freshman Congresswomen Can ‘Go Wherever They Want’ or ‘Stay’ but Has One Condition

Trump Says Progressive Freshman Congresswomen Can ‘Go Wherever They Want’ or ‘Stay’ but Has One Condition
President Donald Trump (C) talks with journalists during a cabinet meeting with (L-R) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, acting Defense Secretary Richard Spencer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and others at the White House in Washington on July 16, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump continued to defend his remarks during a cabinet meeting on July 16, saying that the progressive congresswomen he has been publicly feuding with can “go wherever they want” or “stay” but “should love our country.”

“It’s up to them. Go wherever they want, or they can stay. But they should love our country. They shouldn’t hate our country.  I have clips right here. The most vile, horrible statements about our country, about Israel, about others,” Trump said when a reporter asked him where the congresswomen should go. “It’s up to them. They can do what they want. They can leave they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country.”