Newt Gingrich and Lindsey Graham attack Democratic lawmakers on Fox & Friends, don't condemn Trump's racist tweets
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) both took to Fox & Friends on Monday to attack the minority lawmakers who President Trump told to "go back" to where they came from, choosing not to condemn the president's remarks.
Gingrich during a Fox & Friends segment was asked if Trump's tweets were a "good political move," to which the former House speaker praised Trump for his effort to make the country realize "how radical" these members of Congress are "and how fundamentally anti-American their views are," adding that "anything he does to elevate them is to his net advantage," Mediaite reports.
Trump over the weekend had attacked a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), telling these lawmakers, who are U.S. citizens, that they should "go back" to the countries "from which they came." Of the four congresswomen Trump seemed to be targeting, three were born in the United States, and another, Omar, fled to the U.S. from war-torn Somalia at a young age.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Graham also discussed Trump's remarks on Fox & Friends, lightly suggesting that the president "aim higher" while pointing out that the members of Congress Trump is attacking are American citizens, reports Media Matters for America's Matthew Gertz. But he didn't condemn the tweets and launched his own attack on the lawmakers, who he said "are a bunch of communists" who "hate Israel" and "hate our own country."
Trump himself is continuing to double down on his tweets, on Monday morning suggesting it's these lawmakers who are racist and must apologize. Brendan Morrow
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.
-
The Week contest: Airport goodbyes
Puzzles and Quizzes
By The Week US Published
-
'We shouldn't be surprised that crypto is back'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
-
How the national debt affects your finances
Rachel Reeves has changed the rules, but why does that matter?
By Marc Shoffman, The Week UK Published
-
ATF finalizes rule to close 'gun show loophole'
Speed Read Biden moves to expand background checks for gun buyers
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Hong Kong passes tough new security law
Speed Read It will allow the government to further suppress all forms of dissent
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
France enshrines abortion rights in constitution
speed read It became the first country to make abortion a constitutional right
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Texas executes man despite contested evidence
Speed Read Texas rejected calls for a rehearing of Ivan Cantu's case amid recanted testimony and allegations of suppressed exculpatory evidence
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Supreme Court wary of state social media regulations
Speed Read A majority of justices appeared skeptical that Texas and Florida were lawfully protecting the free speech rights of users
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Greece legalizes same-sex marriage
Speed Read Greece becomes the first Orthodox Christian country to enshrine marriage equality in law
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Trump and his lawyer Alina Habba have a rough day in defamation court
Speed Read Trump's audible grousing as E. Jean Carroll testified earned him a warning he could be thrown out of court, and Habba showed she 'doesn't know what the hell she's doing'
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
-
Anders Breivik to testify in prison isolation lawsuit against Norway
Speed Read Far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in 2011 claims he has received 'inhuman treatment' in custody
By The Week UK Published