President Trump took his feud with four progressive congresswomen to a new level in a speech on Tuesday afternoon, with incendiary attacks that included false accusations. Before a crowd of teenage conservative activists at a hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., Trump repeatedly called Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a “lunatic” and blasted her three progressive colleagues who have come to be known as “the Squad.”

“You know what? Somebody had to do what I did. It’s not pleasant. We have a deep state, we have bad people, we have sick people,” Trump said. “I watched this — this woman — this Tlaib. … From Michigan, right? It’s a great state. … There’s no way she stands for the values of the people of Michigan. … She’s vicious. She’s like a crazed lunatic.”

The mention of Tlaib’s name prompted roaring boos from the audience of young conservatives. Trump seemed to be referencing footage of Tlaib being forcibly removed from an August 2016 Trump campaign event in Detroit while shouting, “You guys are crazy!” Video of the incident, which took place before Tlaib was elected and involved multiple protesters, resurfaced last weekend. Trump said Tlaib was “screaming like a total lunatic.”

“This is not a sane person, folks, and this is what we’re up against,” Trump said.

Tlaib is one of four progressive women who were elected last year and have become some of Trump’s most prominent critics. The Squad also includes Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass. Read more

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President Trump took his feud with four progressive congresswomen to a new level in a speech on Tuesday afternoon, with incendiary attacks that included false accusations. Before a crowd of teenage conservative activists at a hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., Trump repeatedly called Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., a “lunatic” and blasted her three progressive colleagues who have come to be known as “the Squad.”