--- title: Ilhan Omar Trolls Trump With Pictures From Africa Visit description: The Congresswoman posted photos of herself and Nancy Pelosi in Ghana, in response to Trump's racist Tweets earlier this month canonical: https://time.com/5642310/ilhan-omar-she-went-back-with-me/ author: Amy Gunia article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-08-02T06:54:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:55:46.991Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ilhan Omar Trolls Trump With Pictures From Africa Visit og:description: The Congresswoman posted photos of herself and Nancy Pelosi in Ghana og:url: https://time.com/5642310/ilhan-omar-she-went-back-with-me/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt714e5c9e7168c5fe/698a00c509208f081b41552a/ilhan-omar-ghana.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3229 og:image:height: 1816 og:image:alt: ilhan-omar-ghana og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ilhan Omar Trolls Trump With Pictures From Africa Visit twitter:description: The Congresswoman posted photos of herself and Nancy Pelosi in Ghana twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt714e5c9e7168c5fe/698a00c509208f081b41552a/ilhan-omar-ghana.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 02:36 video:published: 2019-07-15 section: politics topics: presidential tweets, congresswomen of color, racism, immigration rhetoric, go back to where you came from, national identity, political controversy genre: news, commentary tones: critical, defensive, heated, confrontational emotions: anger (medium), defensiveness (medium), indignation (medium) sentiment: negative audience: political news followers, general news audiences, voters, civil rights advocates people: President Trump Jr., Donald Trump content_suitability: politics [00:00-02:36]; hate [02:13-02:36] transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # 'She Went Back With Me.' 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=bd76bf5f-d1fa-434a-8820-4bb0a8e893d1&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: 'Why Don't They Go Back': President Trump Tweets at Congresswomen of Color [Watch (HLS stream): 'Why Don't They Go Back': President Trump Tweets at Congresswomen of Color](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ldkmDT1E.m3u8) (2:36)  _Published 2019-07-15. Trump’s tweets drew sharp rebukes from Democrats, who derided his remarks as racist_ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary A speaker identified as President Trump Jr. defends the idea that people who are unhappy with the country can leave, saying he has tweeted this before. The transcript then contains garbled audio with fragments referencing tweets aimed at congresswomen of color. A later speaker calls the remarks absolutely racist and un-American and says the 'go back to where you came from' trope should never come from the President of the United States. ## Key points - The speaker says that if people hate the country or are not happy here, they can leave, and that he says this all the time. (00:00) - The speaker says he made this point in a tweet, which he believes some people find controversial. (00:00) - The speaker claims a lot of people love the tweeted message. (00:00) - The audio at several points is garbled, with fragments referencing tweets aimed at congresswomen of color. (00:30) - A later speaker says the remarks are absolutely racist and un-American. (02:13) - The speaker describes 'go back to where you came from' as an old trope that people may hear on the street. (02:13) - The speaker argues such language should never come from the President of the United States. (02:13) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:30] Defending the 'leave if unhappy' message. The first speaker argues that people unhappy with the country can leave and says he has tweeted this view. - [00:30 to 01:12] Garbled audio about congresswomen tweets. Largely unintelligible audio contains fragments referring to tweets aimed at congresswomen of color. - [01:12 to 02:13] Unclear segment with partial phrases. Fragmented and partially audible speech continues without a clear point being made. - [02:13 to 02:36] Condemnation of the remarks as racist. A speaker calls the remarks racist and un-American and criticizes the 'go back' trope coming from the president. ## Key quotes - [00:00] President Trump Jr.: "If you're not happy here, then you can leave." - [00:00] President Trump Jr.: "if you hate our country, if you're not happy here, you can leave" - [02:13] interviewer: "It is absolutely racist and un-American." - [02:13] interviewer: "you should never hear that from the President of the United States." ## Questions this video answers - What message did the speaker say he tweeted about people who are unhappy with the country? [00:00] - Does the speaker think the 'go back to where you came from' remark is acceptable? [02:13] - What is described as an old trope? [02:13] - Who is the remark said to come from in the video? [02:13] - What does the speaker say some people think is controversial? [00:00] ## Content suitability - politics [00:00-02:36]: Discusses presidential tweets and political controversy. - hate [02:13-02:36]: Speaker characterizes the remarks as racist and cites 'go back to where you came from' rhetoric. by [Amy Gunia](https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Aug 2, 2019 6:54 AM UTC Nancy Pelosi 'Moved' by Visit to Historic Slave Sites by [Amy Gunia](https://time.com/author/amy-gunia/) ## Amy Gunia Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Aug 2, 2019 6:54 AM UTC Congresswoman Ilhan Omar responded Thursday to “send her back” chants that erupted at one of President Donald Trump’s rallies by posting a photo of herself and Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a visit to Africa. “They said ‘send her back’ but Speaker \[Pelosi\] didn’t just make arrangement to send me back, she went back with me,” Omar wrote in her Instagram and Twitter posts. The pair are visiting Ghana as part of a Congressional trip to the African continent this week to commemorate the American slave trade’s 400th anniversary. > [](https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1157005661311557633) Last month, the President sparked outrage by firing off a [series of racist Tweets](https://time.com/5627020/freshmen-congresswomen-issue-rebuke-to-trumps-tweets/) in which he told four Congresswomen of color to “[go back](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1150381395078000643?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw)” to “the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” He added that he was sure that Speaker Nancy Pelosi “would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements!” The Congresswomen he attacked — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Illhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley — are all American citizens. Omar was born in Somalia, but moved to the U.S. with her family when she was a child to flee the country’s civil war. The three other women were born in the U.S. Trump’s comments have inflamed racial tensions. Just days after his tweets, a crowd at a Trump rally in North Carolina chanted “[send her back!”](https://time.com/5629075/donald-trump-send-them-back/) when Omar was mentioned. Trump insisted that his Tweets about the Congresswomen were [not racist](https://time.com/5627452/trump-insists-congresswomen-tweets-not-racist/), but the House voted to [officially condemn](https://time.com/5628014/trump-racist-tweets-republicans/) his remarks. The condemnation doesn’t seem to have deterred Trump, who drew further ire this week for [Tweets](https://time.com/5638296/trump-baltimore-epa/) denigrating the city of Baltimore. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5642310/ilhan-omar-she-went-back-with-me/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5642310/ilhan-omar-she-went-back-with-me/"},"headline":"'She Went Back With Me.' 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