"We have said this president is racist, we have condemned his racist remarks," said Omar, one of two Muslim women in Congress. "I believe he is a fascist."
Chants of "Send her back!" broke out at Trump's "Make America Great Again" rally in Greenville, North Carolina, overnight as he attacked Omar and three other ethnic minority Democratic congresswomen.
Chants of "Send her back!" broke out at Trump's "Make America Great Again" rally in Greenville, North Carolina, overnight as he attacked Omar and three other ethnic minority Democratic congresswomen.
Trump claimed to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he was not pleased by the taunts.
"I was not happy when I heard that chant," he said. "I didn't like that they did it, and I started speaking quickly."
Trump was rebuked by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday for "racist comments" for saying the four congresswomen should "go back" to their countries of origin if they are not happy in the United States.
But he made it clear at the rally that he plans to make inflammatory attacks on Omar and her three left-leaning fellow Democrats a centrepiece of his 2020 re-election strategy.
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