Who and what do the Democratic MPs preached by Trump attack?

 US President Donald Trump has once again sparked outrage around the world last week over his racist statements. In a series of tweets on Sunday (14), Trump suggested that four Democratic MKs return to "countries wholly infested by crime from whence they come", although they are American citizens.

Presidential attacks have placed congressmen, informally known as "the squad", at the center of national political debate. They are Ilhan Omar, representative of Minessotta; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York; Rashida Tlaib of Michigan; and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

The episode prompted the House of Representatives, controlled by the Democratic opposition, to approve a motion on Tuesday (16) to reject the president. The legislative house also discussed the opening of a process of impeachment, but the proposal was defeated.

Despite criticism from the opposition and even from within his own party, Trump insists he "does not have a racist bone" in his body. On Wednesday (17), during a rally in North Carolina, the president again accused Omar of wanting to destroy the United States, and the public shouted "send her back!" The next day, the Republican rehearsed a mea-culpa, saying he disagreed with the crowd.

DEPUTY REPRESENTS THE RENEWAL OF AMERICAN POLICY

Although they were newcomers - they were elected in the November legislative election - congressmen were prominent in the opposition against the Trump government. They represent the renewal of American politics, traditionally dominated by white men.

The MPs were born in the United States, with the exception of Omar, who was born in Somalia and naturalized as a child when she was a child. Ocasio-Cortez has Puerto Rican ancestry, Tlaib is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants and Pressley is African-American.

"This is a president who openly violated the values ​​that this country claims to defend," Omar told a news conference on Monday. "And to generate distraction, he launched a blatantly racist attack on elected representatives ... This is the agenda of white nationalists."

LEFT, 'SQUADRON' CHALLENGES ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRAT

In addition to facing Trump, the "squad" deputies have bought fights with the leadership of the Democratic Party in Congress to demand support for progressive policies.

They defend, for example, the taxation of large fortunes by up to 70%, as well as the universalization of the country's health system, currently controlled by private companies. In addition, MEPs want the abolition of ICE, the agency responsible for detaining undocumented migrants, and suggest that the government adopt an investment plan to combat climate change.

"Today's Democratic Party believes that in order to win, we need to focus on a hypothetical center," Saikat Chakrabarti, the chief of staff at Ocasio-Cortez, told the Washington Post. "We have a completely different theory of change: you do the most incredible thing you can, and it will encourage people to go out and vote."

RACIST ATTACKS REVEAL TRUMP STRATEGY TO FIND RE-RELEASE

Trump's racist statements are nothing new. In his presidential campaign in the 2016 elections, he said Mexican immigrants are "traffickers, criminals, rapists." Already in power, he said he saw "good people" among participants in a violent demonstration convened by the Ku Klux Klan in the city of Charlottesville, held in August 2017.

This time around, the Republican's racist attacks seem to indicate his strategy for re-election in the 2020 elections. Putting the "squad" in evidence, Trump forces the Democratic Party to unite in defense of its more radical wing, electorate.

"This is the kind of battle the president likes," a New York Times report said on Tuesday. "Trump's re-election strategy is ... to present his opponents not only as he who does not like him and his policies, but as [people] who do not like America itself."