HPD Chief Art Acevedo calls Trump comments about congresswomen 'indefensible' and 'un-American'

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo recently responded to Trump's criticism of four minority Democratic congresswomen on Twitter. He called the comments "un-American" and "indefensible." Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo recently responded to Trump's criticism of four minority Democratic congresswomen on Twitter. He called the comments "un-American" and "indefensible." Photo: Art Acevedo/Twitter Photo: Art Acevedo/Twitter Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close HPD Chief Art Acevedo calls Trump comments about congresswomen 'indefensible' and 'un-American' 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo fired off several tweets Sunday in response to President Donald Trump's comments saying four minority Democratic congresswomen should "go back" to other countries.

In a tweet directed at four minority female House members — only one of whom was born outside the country — Trump said the women originally came from countries that are "a complete and total catastrophe."

"Why don't they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came," he added. "Then come back and show us how it is done."

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In his own series of tweets, Acevedo called those comments "indefensible" and "un-American."

"If you aren't offended by this tweet, you aren't a patriot, nor a Christian, nor a person of any faith or any legitimate religion on Earth," he tweeted. "This is the most un-American statement a POTUS has made in modern times. This is a truly sad day and a new low for our Nation."

Acevedo is known to tweet at the president or other political leaders about hot-button issues like gun control and immigration. In this case, Acevedo expanded on his response to Trump, saying his tweets are "something you might expect from a 5th grader in the sandbox, but not from the office holder who is supposed to lead the free world."

Recently, Acevedo has been more vocal about immigration amid Trump's plan to deploy ICE agents to raid the homes of undocumented immigrants, including those in Houston.

Last week, Acevedo argued during a CNN appearance that the raids were politically motivated and would be "creating havoc." The raids had yet to materialize by Sunday night, according to earlier reports in the Houston Chronicle, but Acevedo responded to at least one individual who tweeted about the raids that day.

That individual described Houston leaders as "snowflake liberals."

"Can you list the version of the Bible you're reading? " Acevedo responded. "God is watching, as is his Son who sits beside him. Please tell me what the Bible tells us about children, family, mothers, strangers, those in need? How about the parables of the Good Samaritan?"

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