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Marina Pitofsky of The Hill wrote:Twitter users blasted President Trump after he tweeted that "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen" should "go back and fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came," with the hashtags #TrumpIsARacist and #RacistInChief trending on the platform Sunday.

So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019

....and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019

....it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019

Ava DuVernay, the creator of Netflix’s When They See Us, said she was “saluting” Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in the wake of the president’s comments.

Saluting these women. Stay pushing. Stay shining. Stay working. Stay a pain in the ass of the #RacistInChief and all his co-horts. Stay true to who you are. Stay safe. Stay together. Stay making us proud. #FourQueens pic.twitter.com/jkcXe6Z96F

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 14, 2019

Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, and came to the U.S. as a refugee with her family. Pressley was born in Cincinnati, and Tlaib was born in Detroit. Ocasio-Cortez was born in New York.

"Queer Eye" star Karamo Brown tweeted, "Our #RacistInChief just told four American Congresswomen 'go back to their countries...' Immigrants & their children are the heart of our country. I am proud to be #MadeByImmigrants @realDonaldTrump racist rhetoric only makes me fight harder for all. #FirstGenerationAmerican."

He also shared a photo of himself wearing a shirt with the phrase “Made By Immigrants.”

Our #RacistInChief just told four American Congresswomen “go back to their countries...” Immigrants & their children are the heart of our country. I am proud to be #MadeByImmigrants @realDonaldTrump racist rhetoric only makes me fight harder for all. #FirstGenerationAmerican pic.twitter.com/Oh4lEDUf65

— Karamo Brown (@Karamo) July 14, 2019

Other Twitter users were quick to share the hashtags.

Do not allow your governors, senators, and congressional representatives to stay silent on this. Demand that they make a statement. Either condemn this blatant racism or be complicit. #RacistInChief pic.twitter.com/DeztZKiRLX

— Marsella (@Mar_SC_ella) July 14, 2019

Finally, #RacistInChief is trending because why: #TrumpIsARacist that's why.

— Cherry Wanders (@CherryWanders) July 14, 2019

Yes, Congresswomen @AOC, @AyannaPressley, @Ilhan, + @RashidaTlaib were born here (or came as a young child), but why should that matter?

Even if they hadn't been born here, why wouldn't we encourage adult immigrants to speak up and run for office?#RacistInChief

— Charlotte Clymer️‍ (@cmclymer) July 14, 2019

Trump’s comments were also condemned across Capitol Hill, including by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Omar, Tlaib and Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.).