(Detroit News) Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden on Wednesday defended U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit against continued attacks from Republican President Donald Trump.
“It’s outrageous what he’s doing,” the former vice president said of Trump after lunching at the Brome restaurant in Dearborn with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and local Muslim leaders.
“‘Go back home?’ Does he know [her] home is Michigan?” Biden said. “C’mon man. ‘Send her back?’ We gotta send him back.”
Trump sparked controversy this month when he called on Tlaib and three other congresswomen of color — all U.S. citizens — to “go back” where they came from. The president on Tuesday called Tlaib, a Michigan native of Palestinian descent who is one of two Muslim women in Congress, a “crazed lunatic.”
