Donald Trump continued to defend himself and his supporters after racist chants broke out at his North Carolina campaign rally earlier this week, releasing a series of tweets and retweets Saturday morning that attempted to justify his inaction when those in attendance began to yell “send her back” in reference to Somali-born Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

In his latest attempt to defend himself, Trump once again elevated the voice of Katie Hopkins, a far-right British commentator who has likened immigrants to rodents and cockroaches, encouraged law enforcement to racially profile the public and once tweeted a racist slur at a black man.

“As you can see, I did nothing to lead people on, nor was I particularly happy with their chant — just a very big and patriotic crowd. They love the USA!,” Trump wrote, adding his commentary to a post from Hopkins with his 62 million twitter followers.

The original tweet from Hopkins asserted that “Send her back is the new lock her up,” a reference to the rallying cry Trump and his supporters used in 2016 to disparage opponent Hillary Clinton. Lest anyone think she was criticizing these chants, Hopkins concluded with the note “Well done to #TeamTrump.”

As you can see, I did nothing to lead people on, nor was I particularly happy with their chant. Just a very big and patriotic crowd. They love the USA! https://t.co/6IVKEffNnq

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2019

The video attached to Hopkins’ tweet shows the horrible and shocking moment from Wednesday’s rally, during which Trump accuses Omar of “launching vicious, anti-semitic screeds.” The crowd then launches into the “send her back” chant, while Trump stands silently at the podium, allowing the chorus to grow.

All four Democrats targeted by Trump – Omar and fellow Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) – are U.S. citizens and each was born in the U.S. with the exception of Omar, who was born in Somalia before immigrating to the United States as a refugee.

Twitter had some thoughts:

This is just wild. He's RTing one of the worst far right racists in the UK praising him for the chant and SHOWING THE VIDEO – at the same time as he lies about it. https://t.co/g2YKuIbv5U

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 20, 2019

Go fuck yourself. Your racist tweets, your racist words, and your fucking racist smug smirk when the chant was going on says it all.

You are a gigantic piece of racist shit and the only ones defending you are racist pieces of shit as well.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) July 20, 2019

You waited. And you loved every second of it. If you were against it, you would’ve spoken out immediately as if you were screaming at American patriot Rep Omar. But you didn’t. You let the chant continue, and you supported the chant. Because you’re racist. #MuellerIsComing

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) July 20, 2019

So:
1. Rep Omar has never attacked Judaism or Jewish people
2. DT lied, said she did
3. Here he retweets a woman who blamed the PA Mosque Shooting on the Rabbi
4. Bc that Rabbi cared about marginalized displaced peoples
5. She met w/Neo-Nazis
6. Why were they chanting?
7. See #2 https://t.co/HXdJlks7ou

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 20, 2019