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Trump defends tweets and says if lawmakers have problem with U.S., "they should leave"

Unbowed by criticism of his racist tweets, President Trump told members of Congress: "If you hate our country... you can leave." Mr. Trump was responding to furor over his weekend tweets saying that four Democratic congresswomen of color should go back to the "broken and crime infested" countries they came from. All of those women are American citizens and three were born in the U.S.
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