Welker on Reps. Omar, Tlaib: Trump Sees This as a Way to Energize His Base

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WELKER: “As a political strategy he sees this as a way to energize his base, to try to essentially paint the entire Democratic Party in the light of these four freshmen female congresswomen of color. He argues that they’re quote/unquote 'socialist', that they're anti-American and of course he has gotten bipartisan backlash for all of that. Now, last night at his rally in New Hampshire, Andrea, it was interesting he did mention Ilhan Omar a few times to sort of use a punch line out of her. But didn’t really delve into detail about this controversy. Before his trip though, he said look, he didn’t pressure Israel behind the scenes and then in same breath said that he was in contact with Israeli officials. So clearly in contact with them in the days leading up to this decision, Andrea."