A CBS poll shows that the majority of Americans disagreed with President Donald Trump’s tweets about four progressive congresswomen of color.

The poll by CBS News and YouGov showed 59 percent of Americans disagreed with the tweets by the president.

Trump tweeted that the women “who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world” should “go back” and fix these nations before weighing in on American politics.

He was referencing four congresswomen of color known as ‘The Squad.' They are Reps. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

Of the people polled 48 percent described the tweets as racist and 34 percent felt they were not racist.

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More people of color found the ideas behind the tweets racist. Among African-Americans 76 percent of those polled found the tweets racist, and 54 percent of Hispanic people found the tweets racist. White people were split, according to the poll - 41 percent of those polled called them racist while 41 percent did not.

The poll highlighted differences in age - people over 65 were three times as likely to “strongly agree” with what the president when compared with Americans under 30.

The current Congress is the most diverse in United States history - with representatives of many different backgrounds, races and religions. Most Democrats - 63 percent - think this is making Congress better, while 28 percent of Republicans said the same. Of the Republicans polled 40 percent felt diversity is making Congress worse.

The survey polled a representative sample of 2,099 U.S. residents online between July 17 and July 19. The sample was weighted by gender, age, race and education based on the American Community Survey, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, as well as 2016 presidential votes and registration status, according to CBS.