GOP Gov. Blasts Trump Over Racist Insults: ‘He’s Not Interested In Uniting The Country’ | EUROtoday

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) on Tuesday rebuked President Donald Trump over his racist assaults in opposition to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and stated throughout a joint CNN interview with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) that Trump is “not interested” in uniting the nation.

The full half-hour sit-down with “Inside Politics” host Dana Bash was printed Wednesday.

“I disagree with Congresswoman Omar,” stated Cox. “I think she should be voted out of office, and I think I can do that without attacking her religion or her race or her ethnic background. I think that that’s really important. I know that the president disagrees with me.”

He continued, “He and I have had these conversations. I have to say, during the Charlie Kirk shooting, in the conversations we had, he talked to me about nonviolence and trying to be a voice for that. I understand he’s not interested in uniting the country.”

Kirk based the influential conservative campus community Turning Point USA and frequently spoke at school campuses throughout the nation. He was fatally shot throughout a Utah Valley University occasion in September, prompting Trump to swiftly blame “the radical left.”

While he has attacked Omar earlier than, the president printed a screed final week that was so egregious even some pro-Trump conservatives had been shocked. During a rally Tuesday in Pennsylvania, he stated Omar, who grew to become a U.S. citizen in 2000, is within the nation illegally and “should get the hell out.”

Trump brazenly admitted shortly after Kirk’s demise that he “couldn’t care less” about unity.

“And he would tell you that, I think, if he were sitting here with us tonight,” Cox advised Bash. “But I would also say that it’s not going to be a president who fixes this. It’s not going to be two governors who fix this. It really has to be all of us.”

He continued, “The politicians that we elect are a reflection of we the people, this is kind of what we want today, and I think both parties are guilty of it. And so I’m going to do my part, I appreciate Gov. Shapiro doing his part to tone down that rhetoric.”

Shapiro went on to share his personal perspective on the difficulty of political violence, which fairly actually hit dwelling in April and adopted Trump’s near-assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, final 12 months. He referred to as for an finish to the divisive rhetoric that has contributed to this precarious local weather.

“I think the president has a responsibility here, and I agree with Spencer, as do all Americans, to try and lift up the rhetoric and tamp down the hate,” the governor stated Tuesday. “And I think the president needs to do better.”