Former US first lady Michelle Obama appeared to weigh in on President Donald Trump’s racist attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers, tweeting that diversity is “what truly makes our country great”.
“Whether we are born here or seek refuge here, there’s a place for us all,” she added. “We must remember it’s not my America or your America. It’s our America.”
While Mrs Obama, who was the world’s most admired woman in 2019 according to a YouGov poll, did not directly reference Trump, her words appeared to echo Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America great again”.
The tweets appear to be a rebuke of Trump’s attacks on congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar, who are all women of colour.
President Trump had tweeted last Sunday that the four lawmakers should “go back” to their home countries “and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”.
However, all four are US citizens and three were born in the United States…….read more
Source: Independent
