POTUS Was Racist to Democratic Congresswomen. Did Republicans Speak Up?

What Republicans in Congress said — or didn’t — after his attacks on their colleagues

What the President tweeted

On the morning of July 14, 2019, President Donald Trump tweeted:

“So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!” (Tweets 1, 2, 3)

This is racist and untrue. Everyone serving in Congress is an American. It is generally believed, from context, that the President’s tweet was addressed at four Congresswomen, three of whom were born in the US and the fourth of whom has lived in the US since childhood and is a…