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Tweet was seen as racist? lindsey graham encourage you to aim higher. as a trouble you -- >> president trump: he didn't say that, i disagree with lindsay. he is a congressman. what am i supposed to do, just wait for senators? know. so i disagree with lindsay on that. that was the only thing. he said, "aim higher, shoot higher." when am i going to? wait until we set somebody else in the higher office? these are people that hate our country. john, they hate our country. >> reporter: but "are >> president trump: i think, with a passion. the voter will decide. but when i hear the way they talk abo...

Couple days ago. >> yep. that's really interesting, too, to look at that side. and let's talk about the republican side of things. because when it comes to the president's fellow republicans, condemnations are slow to trickle in, and they're at various levels -- >> understatement. >> these -- the comments coming in from republicans, not from anyone -- this is senator lindsey graham today, and then i want you to hear meghan mccain responding to the words of a man who used to be very close to her father, late john mccain. let's listen. >> yes, mr. president, you're going to win. just knock it do...

The aid of the quote-unquote squad, now under more pressure to push through or allow more ideas to go through and perhaps even exacerbating the fractured relationship. >> i don't think so. i think the president with what he did, we mentioned earlier, actually give the democrats something to rally around, pushing back on his racially charged remarks. the democrats, you're right, there's been some infighting in different factions. this is something everybody was able to come together and say collectively this isn't acceptable. i would agree with senator graham, he said aim higher. he is -- the p...

The racist line, the xenophobia line. they're not an accident and the president doesn't intend to apologize. he is trying to shift the focus to safer ground. if democrats want to unite around the squad, the president tweets, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. so many people are angry at their and their horrible and disgusting actions. it is fair game to debate the liberal ideas promoted by these new democratic members and one has made repeated anti-semitic remarks but those are not the fights the president picked. his initial instinct was to tell four women who won elections to go...

Morning and had this advice for the president. >> aim higher. they're american citizens. they won an election. take on their policies. mr. president, you're right about their policies, about where they'll take the country. just aim higher. don't get personal. don't take the bait. this is not about a person. it is about a country. >> apparently so far he's not listening to lindsey graham's advice. by the way, lindsey graham is the only republican who is even commenting with his one tweet but where is the rest of the republican party, kristen, in speaking out against the president, igniting thes...