The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) isn’t letting Trump’s recent racist rant, directed toward Democratic congresswomen, slide. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.), chair of the caucus, responded to Trump’s tweets on Monday. While the president didn’t explicitly name anyone in his rant, he was apparently targeting four high-profile lawmakers of color ― Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota ― when he told them to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

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In an exclusive statement to HuffPost, Chu called Trump’s comments “racist and utterly beneath the office of the president.” “As chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, I unequivocally condemn the president’s message of intolerance and hate.” The freshmen congresswomen have long been critical of Trump and at a progressive conference on Saturday, both Omar and Tlaib made jabs at the president. “We’re going to impeach the MF’er, don’t worry,” Tlaib told the crowd. Following his Sunday rant, Trump only reiterated his racist comments, in a follow-up tirade, during which he said that it was “so sad to see the Democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our Country and who, in addition, hate Israel with a true and unbridled passion. Whenever confronted, they call their adversaries, including Nancy Pelosi, ‘RACIST.’” “Their disgusting language and the many terrible things they say about the United States must not be allowed to go unchallenged,” he tweeted. Chu responded to the latest racist tweetstorm, saying that “The fact that he has since doubled down on these comments is appalling and only serves to embolden white supremacists and sow division in our country.”

Far too many in our community have been stereotyped as foreigners and told to ‘go back to where they came from’ regardless of how long their families have lived in the United States. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.)