NPR: Nativism https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=741838155 Nativism en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:58:21 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Nativism https://www.npr.org/tags/741838155/nativism 'Go Back Where You Came From': The Long Rhetorical Roots Of Trump's Racist Tweets When the president told several new congresswomen of color to "go back" to where they came from, he borrowed nativist language about as old as the country itself. Here's a little history. Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:26:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741827580/go-back-where-you-came-from-the-long-rhetorical-roots-of-trump-s-racist-tweets https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741827580/go-back-where-you-came-from-the-long-rhetorical-roots-of-trump-s-racist-tweets

When the president told several new congresswomen of color to "go back" to where they came from, he borrowed nativist language about as old as the country itself. Here's a little history.

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