Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190719:20:27:00
Controversy that started on sunday morning with the racist attack telling four congresswomen of color to go back to the places from which they came. >> this is the agend you of white nationalists. >> reporter: the president was em bodened as outrage exploded on the left but republican lawmakers were slow to comment. two days after the tweets went out, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell offering tepid criticism. >> i think i just said, i think everybody ought to tone down their rhetoric. >> reporter: by wednesday trump had turned the attacks into a scripted campaign strategy. >> she looks d...