Washington (CNN) A white Republican congressman said Tuesday that he isn't offended by President Donald Trump's racist attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color because he's "a person of color."

"You know, they talk about people of color. I'm a person of color. I'm white. I'm an Anglo Saxon. People say things all the time, but I don't get offended," Rep. Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania told Vice News.

U.S. Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA) speaking at the Turning Point High School Leadership Summit in Washington, DC on July 26, 2018 (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

The statements were made as the House was considering a resolution condemning the racist language Trump used on Sunday in a series of tweets in which he told Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Illhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley to "go back" to their home countries. The comments touched off a firestorm, though House Republicans have largely defended Trump and overwhelmingly voted Tuesday night to oppose the resolution.

Kelly was responding to questions by a reporter from the outlet who asked if anybody has ever told him "to go back to (his) country," a remark he said he's been told before.

"With a name like Mike Kelly, you can't be from any place else but Ireland," he told Vice.

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