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President trump on the attack again just a day after denouncing racist rally chants. the president is doubling down on his original attack on four democratic congresswomen and he is refusing to apologize for his tweet, which prompted all of it. >> do you ta ik that tweet back? >> you know what im unhappy with? im unhappy with the fact a congresswoman can hate our country. >> reporter: one day after distancing himself from his supporters send her back chant, president trump now refusing to take b...

>> lock her up! >> well, today the president of the united states showing his true colors. after yesterdays failed attempt to convince you he didnt like that send her back chant. >> if i may, when your supporters were chanting send her back, why didnt you stop them? or ask them to stop saying that. >> i think i did. i started speaking very quickly. it really was a -- i disagree with it. it was quite a chant. and i felt a little bit badly about it. i will say this, i did and i started speaking ve...

Hes not letting his supporters who want to chant a send her back chant that they wouldnt do it again. nothing he has done since then shows you that he firmly wants to tell his followers this is wrong. this is not so. no one gets sent back, and the criticism that you just showed in those clips that he is allowed to be critical and no one is to send him back to scotland where his mother is from is just something they hope that the next person who interviews him asks, you were critical of the unite...

From and all four are american citizens and three were born in the united states. and abby phillips is at the white house. and you asked the president why it was okay to criticize america, which he did repeatedly as a presidential candidate and not for the four democratic women. >> reporter: that is right, jake. and the president dodged that question and many others today. he pivoted only to continuing his attacks on the squad. but when it comes to the first amendment rights the squad has to spe...

Rally today he had hid his mind defending the crowd behind the chan and tripling down and the attacks on four american congresswoman. >> the things they said about our country are terrible. its a disgrace what theyve said. they cant call our country and people garbage. you just cant talk about our country that way. and when people are angry at them i fully understand it. >>reporter: so he now seems to sympathize with those behind the send her back chant, a chant incidentally that echos the words...

An msnbc political analyst, tim alberta chief political correspondent for politico and the author of the new book that i highly recommend "american carnage." you know weve got to go local. political reporter for "the news and observer" a newspaper in raleigh, north carolina. paul, im so glad you joined us. you were in the room. you were at the rally. president trumps campaign press secretary is now saying he simply couldnt hear the send her back chant. you were in the room. could you hear it? yo...

Act together. >> as an immigrant, i feel its very disrespectful and very, very hurtful. for me and most of us, this is our home. >> trumps next rally is set for august 1st. cincinnati, ohio. today reporters asked him about his message to his supporters and if he would stop them if he repeated that same "accepted her back chant." >> these are people that love our country. i want them torp keep loving ou country. the congresswomen, by the way, should be more positive than they are. the congresswom...

Back chant was an ugly political moment, matt. >> look, i think if you dont really understand what america is all about and you dont love her foundational beliefs, you ought to go home. if you dont love it here, leave it. now, the president has power when it comes to immigration and so there is a little bit of debate going on. the president did the right thing yesterday in saying that it would be -- a step too far to urge the president to send somebody out of the country who is here lawfully. he...

When things like the send her back chant occurs or some tweets, which have been denounced and hes tried to distance himself from that. when those things happen, it gives the squad an opportunity to say this isnt just about socialism versus capitalism or policy and ideology differences this is about us versus them and the other versus the rest of america. i think thats what theyre trying to do. im not saying its right. thats what theyre trying to convey. >> can i ask a quick follow up to that? wh...

Brewster. msnbc legal analyst maya wiley. sorry if i got all the names messed up, but first of all, geoff bennett to you at the white house. the president reacted only after ivanka trump and other republicans expressed some discomfort with the way this was playing out. >> thats right. some republicans on the hill sending word through the vice president they were trying to convey this message that they didnt want this send her back chant in much the way that lock her up had become a rallying cry....