In a tweet posted Sunday afternoon Congressman Bennie Thompson is uncensored in his opinion of President Trump.
It’s time to admit that the President is a racist bigot.
— Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) July 14, 2019
The tweet picked up a good bit of traction on the statement with over 2.3k likes and 545 retweets, and counting.
He later wrote “45 is an embarrassment,” this time linking an article written by the New York Times. The story was picked up be several outlets including the Associated Press, “Leave the US, Trump tells liberal congresswoman of color.”
45 is an embarrassment. https://t.co/YijR9o3L4q
— Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) July 14, 2019
The story stems from comments made by the President on Twitter regarding four Congresswomen who have been involved in feud with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
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……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019
The AP reported that only one of the women that the comments were made towards was in fact born outside of the United States.
Sarah Ulmer
