Democrats accuse Trump of 'openly endorsing segregation' with 'Suburban Lifestyle Dream' tweet

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Democrats have started calling out President Trump for both his "racist" tweet about suburbs and for assuming suburban dwellers are "as racist and elitist as he is."

In a continuation of his claims that former Vice President Joe Biden and his party want to "destroy the suburbs," Trump tweeted Wednesday that he had a big promise for "all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream."

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As Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) put it, this is just another example of Trump "openly endorsing segregation."

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) performed a quick translation.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer called the whole thing "a bullhorn to racist white Americans."

And Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y) succinctly summed his fellow Democrats' points up. Kathryn Krawczyk

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.