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San Diegans React To President Trump's Racist Remarks

President Trump talks about drug prices during a visit to the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in October. A federal judge on Monday blocked a major White House initiative on prescription drug costs, saying the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to require drugmakers to disclose their prices in TV ads.
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President Trump talks about drug prices during a visit to the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in October. A federal judge on Monday blocked a major White House initiative on prescription drug costs, saying the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to require drugmakers to disclose their prices in TV ads.
The Democratic members of San Diego's congressional delegation have condemned President Trump's racist remarks against four congresswomen of color.

The Democratic members of San Diego's congressional delegation have condemned President Trump's recent racist remarks.

On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a resolution condemning the president's weekend tweets in which, speaking indirectly to four congresswomen of color, he said: "...go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came..."

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The president has defended his comments on Monday saying, "As far as I’m concerned if you hate our country, if you’re not happy here, you can leave."

The racist insult, "go back to where you came from," has a long history in the United States.

Roberto Hernández, associate professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at San Diego State University discusses the roots of the phrase Tuesday on Midday Edition.