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Dear Friend,
On Sunday, Donald Trump told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three other women of color in Congress to "go back" to the countries they came from.
On Monday, Trump doubled down, telling these four U.S. citizens to leave the country if they don't like it.
This is racism, plain and simple -- but news outlets like The New York Times refuse to use the word "racism" to describe Trump's tweet.
In this era of rising white supremacy, we can't afford to paper over racism from the president of the United States. Common Dreams will always have the courage to call racism by its name, and we're counting on you to stand with us.
This fight started when Reps. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar voted against legislation to fund Trump's detention centers at the border with no requirements that migrants be treated in a humane way.
AOC and her colleagues had traveled to the border and seen firsthand the cruel and unsanitary conditions people were being held in. No clean clothes. Insufficient food. No soap, diapers, or toothbrushes. Kids separated from their parents, forced to sleep on cold floors with no blankets.
Progressive lawmakers wanted to ensure that any new funding would be used in a way that ended this inhumanity. Instead, the House leadership went along with Sen. Mitch McConnell’s version of the bill -- $4.6 billion, with no strings attached.
Now Trump tells these courageous progressive lawmakers -- all women of color -- to "go back" to the countries they came from. It's just the latest blatantly racist statement from a president who called African nations "shithole countries," described Mexicans as "rapists and murderers," and said there were "good people on both sides" of a Nazi rally.
At a time when an outright racist autocrat occupies the most powerful office in the land, our relentless coverage and commentary is more vital than ever.
Thank you for all you do,
Kimberly Monaghan
Board Chair
for the whole Common Dreams news team
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