Theresa May slams Trump’s ‘completely unacceptable’ tweets telling congresswomen to 'go back' to 'broken and crime infested' countries

Adam Payne

July 15, 2019 12:10 PM

Prime Minister Theresa May has lambasted President Donald Trump for saying "Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen" should "go back" to their countries, describing the remarks as "completely unacceptable."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump tweeted Sunday morning asking the "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen" widely-interpreted as a reference to US Representatives Alexandria casio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar to "go back" to their "corrupt" and "broken and crime infested" countries.

The President claimed the congresswomen were "loudly [...] and viciously telling the people of the United States [...] how our government is to be run."

Trump suggested that the congresswomen, who he tweeted "originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all)," should "go back and help fix" the "places from which they came."

A spokesperson for UK prime minister May on Monday morning said: "The Prime Minister's view is that the language used to refer to these women was completely unacceptable."

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