Trudeau and Tusk Object to ‘Send Her Back’ Chant at Trump Rally
Trudeau and Tusk Object to ‘Send Her Back’ Chant at Trump Rally
(Bloomberg) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk both went off topic after a bilateral summit in Montreal to make a pointed dig at Donald Trump and his supporters.
Tusk, who runs the gatherings of the leaders of the 28-nation bloc, told a press conference: “I really feel at home here. For many reasons. Also because in Montreal, I didn’t hear anyone shouting: ‘send him back’.”
Over the weekend, Trump attacked Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three other first-term Democrats, saying they should “go back” to the countries they came from rather than criticize the U.S. All four women come from minority-ethnic backgrounds.
His supporters, at a political rally Wednesday night in North Carolina, chanted “send her back” as the president spoke about Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar, a progressive Democrat who arrived in the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia.
For his part, Trump said he was displeased with the audience’s response.
“The comments were hurtful wrong and completely unacceptable,” Trudeau said. “And I want everyone in Canada to know that those comments are completely unacceptable and should not be allowed or encouraged in Canada.”
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