Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Lousiana slammed the four minority Congresswomen who came out against President Trump's racist tweets telling them to "go back" where they came from.
He called them the "four horsewomen of the Apocalypse," something Trump also tweeted out Wednesday morning.
“They’re entitled to their opinion. They’re Americans. But I’m entitled to my opinion, and I just think they’re left-wing cracks, and they’re the reason there are directions on a shampoo bottle. I think we should ignore them," Kennedy said to Fox News' Tucker Carlson Wednesday.
Earlier this week, the House voted to condemn Trump's "racist comments" against the four congresswomen.
Known as "The Squad," Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley(Mass.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) held a joint press conference earlier this week denouncing Trump and his tactics as distractions from the real work that needs to be done.
“In America, if you hate our Country, you are free to leave. The simple fact of the matter is, the four Congresswomen think that America is wicked in its origins, they think that America is even more wicked now, that we are all racist and evil. They’re entitled to their.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
July 17, 2019 ...opinion, they’re Americans. Now I’m entitled to my opinion, & I just think they’re left wing cranks. They’re the reason there are directions on a shampoo bottle, & we should ignore them. The “squad” has moved the Democrat Party substantially LEFT, and.....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
July 17, 2019 ....they are destroying the Democrat Party. I’m appalled that so many of our Presidential candidates are falling all over themselves to try to agree with the four horsewomen of the apocalypse. I’m entitled to say that they’re Wack Jobs.” Louisiana Senator John Kennedy
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
July 17, 2019
