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• 2 killed, 5 injured when truck drives off mountain in Weber County

  20-07-2019 23:58
  Two people were killed and five were injured when a truck drove off the side of a mountain early Saturday morning in Weber County.Police think alcohol may have played a role in the crash.Weber County Sheriff Office’s deputies learned of the crash around 4:40 a.m. When they arrived at the scene — near 7000 N. Middle Fork Drive in an unincorporated part of the county — they found a truck approximately 160 feet away from the road and in a ravine, according to a news release.First
  
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• Will the Utah Jazz produce another diamond in the rough in 2019-20?

  20-07-2019 23:56
  The Utah Jazz have rounded out their 2019-20 roster with a group of guys that are largely unknowns. But each one possesses key traits that could lead to them becoming the team’s next diamond in the rough. The Utah Jazz have finally built a culture and basketball situation that is enticing to free agents. The […]
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• JM Rieger: Trump criticized the U.S. for years. Now he wants people who do that to leave.

  20-07-2019 23:37
  Video: For years, President Trump admonished America’s shortfalls, stupidity and “carnage.” Now, he wants people who do the same to leave. (JM Rieger/The Washington Post)On Friday, President Donald Trump was asked again about his racist remarks aimed at four minority congresswomen. He again doubled down."I'm unhappy with the fact that a congresswoman, in this case a different congresswoman, can call our country and our people 'garbage,' " Trump said, falsely asserting that Rep.
  
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• Utah group Emerging Leaders Initiative helps millennials and Gen-Z get involved in politics

  20-07-2019 23:35
  Sandy • When Utah’s Emerging Leaders Initiative was founded nearly three years ago, organizers had one goal — get more people 18 to 35 involved in the political process.Since then the non-partisan networking group has held meetings and events almost monthly to reach millennials and members of Generation Z.The group, funded through a state grant and corporate sponsors, has registered young voters; connected then with nonprofit boards and commissions that need their views; and &md
  
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• Tribune Editorial: San Juan County needs Utah’s help to put its past behind

  20-07-2019 23:00
  San Juan County needs to move on, and the state of Utah needs to help.This week’s ruling from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals gave full blessing to the forced redistricting of the county commission and school board to erase a gerrymander that kept San Juan’s American Indian residents out of power.It was an unambiguous ruling, with the county losing on all of its arguments. It delivers a finality that all county residents must accept, even if some still don’t.But the end may a
  
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• Utah’s Tony Finau moves into the top 10 in the British Open, entering the final round

  20-07-2019 22:40
  Tony Finau holed a difficult pitch shot for a birdie on No. 18 to complete a third round of 3-under-par 68 in the British Open on Saturday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.The Lehi resident moved into a tie for eighth place, entering Sunday's final round. He's in position for his sixth top-10 finish in a major tournament in only 15 starts over five seasons.Finau made three birdies on the front nine Saturday, but missed a short par putt on No. 11. He didn't make any birdies on the
  
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• Salt Lake City couple shot and killed in Mexico

  20-07-2019 22:40
  A couple from Salt Lake City were shot and killed early Thursday morning in Mexico, according to media reports.Reforma, a news outlet based in Mexico City, reported the couple was traveling through the state of Guerrero, from the port of Acapulco to Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, a beach resort town. About 4 a.m., near the city of Petatlán, the couple was “intercepted by a group of armed men” and shot. The men “stripped them” of their car, the story said. The couple has been
  
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• Utah high school to restart childcare for student-parents

  20-07-2019 20:50
  Ogden • A Utah high school will re-start a child-care program for students, a move that could help young parents finish their education.Two Rivers High School in Ogden is planning to open the on-site program at the beginning of the upcoming school year, the Standard-Examiner reported .It will likely serve about a dozen people in its first year and was patterned after a handful of similar programs in Utah, said Principal Nicole Meibos. It will be free for young parents and provide training i
  
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• Former Utah Insurance Commissioner Roger Day dies at age 71

  20-07-2019 20:31
  Former Utah Insurance Commissioner Roger Day, a force in the industry throughout his lifetime, died Thursday, July 18, at the age of 71.Day served as head of the department from 1977 until 1985. When appointed by Gov. Scott Matheson, Day was 29 years old, making him the youngest commissioner in the United States at the time.At the time, Day said his role was two-fold: to protect consumers and to guard the financial integrity of insurance companies.Some were skeptical that a man so young and with
  
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• Sarah Weippert: Salt Lake Valley needs a mountain biking trail

  20-07-2019 20:27
  Sitting at the Summit Park on-ramp we had a choice to make: Try to merge onto a gridlocked I-80 or drive the extra 30 miles over Guardsman Pass to get home to Millcreek.Neither option appealed to us but ultimately, we opted for Guardsman and an hour and half later we were home while Google was still showing 80 as a dark maroon. All we could do was laugh about the fact that our “quick” bike ride had turned into an epic.As an avid mountain biker, I drive a lot. Three to five times a we
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz officially sign Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Emmanuel Mudiay

  20-07-2019 19:49 via sportspyder.com
  The signings were delayed as the Jazz used salary cap room on other players.
  
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• Utah Jazz officially sign Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Emmanuel Mudiay

  20-07-2019 19:47
  Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Emmanuel MudiayAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITY — For almost three weeks now, the news has been out that the Utah Jazz agreed to free-agent deals with Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Emmanuel Mudiay.On Saturday morning, the deals finally became official, as the team announced the signings.What took so long? The timing came down to how the Jazz maneuvered the salary cap. Davis was reportedly signed using a mechanism called the room midlevel exception, while Green and Mudiay
  
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• Welcome, @unclejeffgreen!pic.twitter.com/E8BWI4foQo

  20-07-2019 19:07 via twitter.com
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• Welcome, @emmanuelmudiay!pic.twitter.com/cBPeBE8q4k

  20-07-2019 19:07 via twitter.com
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• Welcome, @eddavisXVII!pic.twitter.com/BJsUCT0OFy

  20-07-2019 19:07 via twitter.com
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• OFFICIALLY official official »https://on.nba.com/2JV9ZDA 

  20-07-2019 19:07 via twitter.com
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• [NBA] - Jazz Sign Ed Davis, Jeff Green and Emmanuel Mudiay

  20-07-2019 19:04 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed center/forward Ed Davis, forward Jeff Green and guard Emmanuel Mudiay. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not released. 
  
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• 3 takeaways from 2-2 draw between Utah Royals FC and Portland Thorns

  20-07-2019 19:03
  Here are three takeaways from Friday’s 2-2 draw between the Utah Royals FC and Portland Thorns.1. That game was goalsBefore Friday, the Royals had scored only single goal in the previous five games. Unsurprisingly, three of those games resulted in losses. For the entire season, the team has talked about its lack of scoring punch, but has struggled to find ways to solve it.But the addition of Christen Press gave Utah an extra forward to pair with Amy Rodriguez, who has been virtually the on
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Ben Barnes is the Utah man behind some of sports’ most recognizable logos and jerseys — including the Jazz’s

  20-07-2019 18:54 via sportspyder.com
  Ben Barnes, like many of us, guiltily doodles in a notebook during corporate meetings at his job.
  
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• The Salt Lake Bees are celebrating their 25-year anniversary, with a nod to Mike Trout and other stars who came through town

  20-07-2019 18:43
  The 51-year-old baseball coach of a small Christian college in Minnesota drives around the Twin Cities, listening to a classic rock station. When he hears the opening riff of Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle,” Brian Raabe turns up the volume.That's his song, mysteriously assigned to him in the mid-1990s when he would walk from the on-deck circle to the batter's box as a Salt Lake Buzz player. The guitar sounds take him back to the newly constructed stadium then calle
  
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• Ben Barnes is the Utah man behind some of sports’ most recognizable logos and jerseys — including the Jazz’s

  20-07-2019 18:30
  Ben Barnes, like many of us, guiltily doodles in a notebook during corporate meetings at his job.There is a substantial difference, though, between Barnes and the everyday scribbler: Barnes’ doodles are seen by billions.That’s because, through a 15-year career in sports graphic design, Barnes has dreamed up some of the most familiar images in the business, logos that end up on fields, courts, jerseys, and everywhere in between. He’s been consulted on the brand identity for coll
  
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• Trump offers to guarantee A$AP Rocky’s bail in Sweden

  20-07-2019 18:00
  Berlin • U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Sweden’s prime minister Saturday about jailed rapper A$AP Rocky and “offered to personally vouch for his bail.”Trump tweeted that during a "a very good call" with Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, he also "assured him that A$AP was not a flight risk." The platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artist has been in custody since early this month over an alleged fight.Urged on by the first lady and celebrities including Kanye Wes
  
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• Star-studded Utah Royals FC, Portland Thorns battle to 2-2 draw at Rio Tinto Stadium

  20-07-2019 17:50
  Sandy • Maybe the Women’s World Cup isn’t over after all.In a 2-2 draw between the Utah Royals FC and the Portland Thorns on Friday in front of nearly 16,000 fans at Rio Tinto Stadium, every player who scored a goal played in the international tournament.Christen Press of the United States and Rachel Corsie of Scotland scored for the Royals, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Christine Sinclair of Canada and Lindsey Horan of the U.S. found the back of the net for the Thorns.&
  
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• Nation celebrates 50th anniversary of 1st lunar footsteps

  20-07-2019 17:32
  Cape Canaveral • Celebrations are in full swing across the country for the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on another world.Apollo 11′s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong was the first one out, proclaiming: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cars were backed up for miles Saturday morning outside the visitor complex. In Armstrong's hometo
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - It’s Time to Honor Jerry Sloan

  20-07-2019 17:23 via sportspyder.com
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• [Clutchpoints] - Pelicans’ Derrick Favors says playing behind Jazz center Rudy Gobert limited him ‘on a daily basis’

  20-07-2019 16:04 via sportspyder.com
  Derrick Favors flipped over to a new chapter in his career by signing with the New Orleans Pelicans this summer. Favors is excited with what lies ahead with his new squad, as he apparently felt like playing behind former front-court mate Rudy Gobert...
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Ed Davis Signs Two-Year Deal With Jazz

  20-07-2019 15:29 via sportspyder.com
  Veteran big man Ed Davis has officially joined the Jazz.
  
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• Rare fireflies live on this Utah woman’s farm. A housing project threatens them.

  20-07-2019 15:00
  At first they looked like sparks.The flashes of light floated in the air for a second and then extinguished. A few feet away, they would strike up again. Tiny, match-like bursts.“There’s one,” a boy shouted. “Look over there! Right there!” a girl squealed.In the dark, no one could really tell where they were pointing. But everyone knew they were seeing the same thing: fireflies.It was the last tour of the summer season at Diane Garcia’s alfalfa farm in Utah Co
  
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• Robbyn Scribner: Utah businesses need to meet women halfway

  20-07-2019 14:00
  Gender diversity is a hot topic in Utah’s equally hot business climate. It was a constant theme at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit the past two years. (An older gentleman at my lunch table even remarked, “Are they going to talk about anything else besides women?”)As a strong advocate for women’s leadership, I’m thrilled with this dialogue, as the business case for advancing women is rock solid, not to mention it’s the right thing to do.Still, our conversations
  
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• Lori Garver: Forget new manned missions in space. NASA should focus on saving Earth.

  20-07-2019 14:00
  NASA was not created to do something again. It was created to push the limits of human understanding — to help the nation solve big, impossible problems that require advances in science and technology. Fifty years ago, the impossible problem was putting a human on the moon to win the space race, and all of humanity has benefited from the accomplishment.The impossible problem today is not the moon. And it's not Mars. It's our home planet, and NASA can once again be of service for the better
  
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• Letter: Young congresswomen give me hope

  20-07-2019 14:00
  The picture of U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley on the front page of Tuesday’s Salt Lake Tribune was inspiring to this white, conservative and former Republican man.They are the new face of American heroism, and they give me hope for the future of these United States of America.Tom Owens, FarmingtonSubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: How can Christians support Trump?

  20-07-2019 14:00
  Will someone in my church tell me how they can support Donald Trump? Yes, I am challenging any member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to tell me how they can, in good conscience, support his nauseating character and policies.In 2016, I was about ready to drink the Kool-Aid and vote for Trump because I was a Republican at the time. But, thank goodness, I woke up, came to my senses and did not vote for him.With Trump’s recent antics against four congresswomen, I am stupefi
  
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• Letter: As ye have done it unto the least of these

  20-07-2019 14:00
  I was born in Utah and have always been proud of my heritage and my brave pioneer forefathers who risked everything for their beliefs and fled from persecution. Today, I am ashamed of our legislators who would not stand up against racial persecution.Would they have told the pioneers to “go back where you came from”?Our legislators should stand for protection of all citizens, not just the white ones. Christ wasn’t white.What about, “In as much as ye have done it unto the l
  
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• Letter: Advertising blimps are just too much

  20-07-2019 14:00
  Coping with noise pollution in an urban area is not easy. We are constantly subjected to the hum of day-to-day life.But the other day was different. A new assault on the senses was launched. I woke up at 8 a.m. to what sounded like a helicopter but, rather than passing over quickly as they do, this sound was unceasing. Relentless. It was circling low.After a time, I went outside to see what was causing this incessant sound and there in the sky I see an advertising blimp for Young Living flying a
  
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• Letter: Accepting others as they are takes work

  20-07-2019 14:00
  I’ve spent a lot of time lifelong working to understand, get comfortable with and value people who are different than me in skin color, or sexual preference, or socioeconomic level, and it’s been hard work. My profession, social work, demanded it.The religion I grew up in, I thought, expected its members to do this. My generation, 1960s and 1970s baby boomers, also adopted this as the way it’s done. We came up fighting for equality.Looking back over the years, and looking at ri
  
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• Letter: A good use for conversion therapy

  20-07-2019 14:00
  Conversion therapy? I’m all for it. Let’s start by converting the occupant of the Oval Office into a mom with three toddlers seeking asylum at our southern border after fleeing Guatemala and walking across the Mexican desert.Red Oelerich, HolladaySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Commentary: On Pioneer Day, don’t forget the people who were already here

  20-07-2019 14:00
  Each 24th of July, residents of the state of Utah line up to watch parades, gather for picnics and end the evening enjoying fireworks displays that surpass celebrations in most other states on the Fourth of July. Even the youngest residents of the state of Utah are taught that Pioneer Day “commemorates the Mormon pioneers passage into the Salt Lake Valley from Emigration Canyon in 1847.”Yet, Pioneer Day marks more than just the arrival of Latter-day Saints into the region. It also re
  
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• Arnold Reitze: Regional haze plan wasn’t worth fighting about

  20-07-2019 14:00
  On July 7, William Cosgrove opined on the recent decision of Utah’s Air Quality Board to approve Utah’s revision to the regional haze (RH) plan that is part of the state implementation plan (SIP). The RH SIP imposes requirements on certain emission sources to protect visibility in national parks and other federal lands beyond what is required to protect human health. Cosgrove wrote the Air Quality Board “shamelessly ducked its responsibility by unanimously passing a Regional Ha
  
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• Anne Applebaum: Conservative intellectuals face a turning point: Normalize Trump or resist him?

  20-07-2019 14:00
  In the short span of a few days, two very different events unfolded that will, together, shape American politics for the next decade. At a rally in Greenville,North Carolina, the president of the United States, though he later tried to deny it,egged on a crowd to chant "send her back," echoing not only his own racist tweets from a few days earlier, but also the language of American nativists down the decades. From the 19th-century movements that sought to send emancipated slaves back to Africa t
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz signings of Jeff Green, Emmanuel Mudiay and Ed Davis ‘imminent’

  20-07-2019 07:54 via sportspyder.com
  It has been a couple of weeks since the news came out that the Utah Jazz had agreed to sign Jeff Green, Emmanuel Mudiay, and Ed Davis, but up to this point, the team hasn’t made things official via press release or introductory press conference....
  
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• Utah Royals FC plays Portland Thorns to 2-2 draw at Rio Tinto Stadium

  20-07-2019 07:22
  Sandy • Maybe the Women’s World Cup isn’t over after all.In a 2-2 draw between the Utah Royals FC and the Portland Thorns on Friday in front of nearly 16,000 fans at Rio Tinto Stadium, every player who scored a goal played in the international tournament.Christen Press of the United States and Rachel Corsie of Scotland scored for the Royals, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Christine Sinclair of Canada and Lindsey Horan of the U.S. found the back of the net for the Thorns.&
  
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• Christen Press says she was not aware of Barstool Sports site when approached with opportunity to partner with it

  20-07-2019 07:02
  Sandy • Two days after a column in The Guardian criticized her choice to partner with what some see as a misogynistic media company, Christen Press addressed the controversy after the Utah Royals FC’s 2-2 draw Friday to the Portland Thorns.“To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t familiar with the site when my team presented the opportunity to me,” Press said. “I think everybody that knows me well knows that I support kindness, respect and dignity for all people.&rdqu
  
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• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Mike Conley praises SLC, wants to win the right way

  20-07-2019 05:59 via sportspyder.com
  Mike Conley knows he has a great opportunity with the Utah Jazz and, perhaps most importantly, realizes how meaningful it would be to bring a championship ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Mike Conley praises SLC, wants to win the right way

  20-07-2019 05:31
  Mike Conley knows he has a great opportunity with the Utah Jazz and, perhaps most importantly, realizes how meaningful it would be to bring a championship to Salt Lake City. In a league that’s become all too closely associated with teaming up with star players and forming super teams, for those of us who lean […]
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• Utah shows pioneering spirit at Handcart Days Parade in Bountiful

  20-07-2019 04:51
  Handcart Days is a community celebration of the spirit and legacy of pioneers.The festivities include a grand parade along Main Street, an art exhibit and two-day celebration at Bountiful Park featuring pioneer and modern games for children, according to the event’s website.For more information, visit www.handcartdays.org
  
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• Grantsville man arrested on 37 counts of child sex abuse

  20-07-2019 03:54
  Police arrested a 48-year-old Grantsville man Friday after three children in his neighborhood came forward with allegations he had sexually abused them.Detective Cody Painter said more potential victims had come forward since the allegations were first reported. A parent of the children contacted Grantsville police about the allegations on Thursday. During interviews with police, the children — who range in age from 7 to 13 years old — described varying types of abuse, from the man e
  
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• University of Utah police investigating after officer hits suspect with patrol car

  20-07-2019 03:24
  University of Utah police are investigating if one of their officers did anything wrong when he crashed into a theft suspect who was riding a bicycle on Thursday, sending the woman to the hospital.The crash happened after the officer received a report that two people had stolen bicycles from the Marriott Library on campus. The officer stopped his patrol vehicle so speak to the suspects, and they avoided him, campus police spokesman Dan Metcalf said.“And then he moved the patrol car to purs
  
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• [Torn By Sports] - Episode 197: NBA 2019-20 Season Over/Under Predictions

  20-07-2019 01:27 via sportspyder.com
  Vegas dropped their early odds for the 2019-20 NBA season. We pick our over/unders. We talk Spider-Man Far From Home.
  
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• Holly Richardson: Is Trump gaslighting the nation? Or is he just a racist with no filter?

  20-07-2019 01:07
  After using Twitter to personally attack four duly elected congresswomen and suggest they “go back to where they came from,” Donald Trump then laid into them during a rally in North Carolina, especially targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar from Minnesota. The crowd — which by Trump’s account was a “record crowd” — started chanting “Send her back, send her back.”Apparently under significant pressure, even from his own family, he tried to backtrack the ne
  
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• In reversal, Trump disavows criticism of chanting crowd

  20-07-2019 00:56
  Washington • President Donald Trump on Friday reversed his previous criticisms of a North Carolina campaign crowd that chanted “send her back” about a Somali-born congresswoman, defending the rally-goers as “patriots” while again questioning the loyalty of four Democratic lawmakers of color.In a week that has been full of hostile exchanges over race and love of country on both sides, Trump returned to a pattern that has become familiar during controversies of his own
  
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