I have yet to see any pundits calling out Trump on the backtracking he is attempting to do with his Squad directed comments.
He is trying to claim that his tweeted "go back where you came from" demand is simply the equivalent of "if you don't like America, leave" in order to escape the clear, racial and ethnic implications of the tweet.
I have heard both phrases used by republican "patriots" since I was a kid. And it has always been clear that they have very different applications.
The first is directed exclusively towards "foreign" looking (non-white) citizens while the latter can apply to any democrat or progressive, including those of clearly European descent. (White "hippies" being the most obvious example.)
We all know why his requested return of allegedly disgruntled American lawmakers specifically to their nation of ancestry was applied to four brown people.
Now let's address the "Send her back!" chant.
Fact: The chant was directed specifically at Ilhan Omar.
Fact: Omar is a Somali immigrant.
Fact: Somalia is a nation in Africa.
Thus, if the crowd had instead chanted "Back to Africa! Back to Africa!" on what basis could anyone pretend to have a problem with that language, or suggest it is racist, if they are defending the language that was actually used at the NC rally?
It must logically follow for defenders of the rally chant to declare it is not an explicitly racist act to tell an African American to "go back to Africa".
Please, Trump supporters, weigh in here and make that case.