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The Colorado Springs Gazette: Trump’s tantrum bolsters extremists

For the first time, we have a president who communicates directly with the public from his personal phone. For the first time, we have four freshman radicals stealing the congressional spotlight.

The combination led to a perfectly moronic tweet storm Sunday from President Donald Trump:

“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) …

This July 8, 2019, file photo shows President Donald Trump speaking during an event about the environment in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. A federal appeals court says Trump can’t ban critics from his Twitter account. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Tuesday, July 9, 2019. A three-judge panel agreed with a lower court judge who said Trump violates the First Amendment when he blocks critics.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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