‘Racism’ top search after Trump rally: Merriam Webster

“Racism” was the top search on Merriam Webster’s online dictionary during and after President Trump’s Wednesday campaign rally in which he ramped up his attacks on four progressive minority congresswomen.

“Tonight’s top searches, in order: racism, socialism, fascism, concentration camp, xenophobia, bigot,” the dictionary’s official Twitter account shared.

Tonight’s top searches, in order: racism, socialism, fascism, concentration camp, xenophobia, bigot

— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) July 17, 2019

{mosads}Trump was accused this week by many Democrats and some Republicans of racism after suggesting in a tweet that the four Democratic congresswomen “go back” to the “totally broken” and “crime infested places” they came from. Although Trump did not name any lawmaker specifically in the tweets, he has since referenced first-term Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.).

During the rally in North Carolina, many Twitter users also noted the crowd chanting “send her back” when Trump criticized Omar of anti-Semitism. Omar, who came to the United States as a refugee from Somalia, is a U.S. citizen.

Pres. Trump continued his now days-long attack on four Democratic congresswomen at his rally in North Carolina on Wednesday night, eliciting chants of “send her back” from the crowd. https://t.co/V9Nf9ve5tf pic.twitter.com/OSf6hkEu4E

— ABC News (@ABC) July 17, 2019

Trump has denied that his initial tweets about the Democratic congresswomen were racist, tweeting on Tuesday that he does not “have a Racist bone in my body.”

Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don’t have a Racist bone in my body! The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game. Republicans should not show “weakness” and fall into their trap. This should be a vote on the filthy language, statements and lies told by the Democrat…..

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2019

Trump also criticized Ocasio-Cortez during the Wednesday rally, saying he didn’t “have time” to say her three names. Ocasio-Cortez called the migrant detention centers on the border run by the Trump administration concentration camps last month.

Trump says of @AOC “I don’t have time to go with three different names. We will call her Cortez.” pic.twitter.com/FFqTYg24gq

— Zack Ford (@ZackFord) July 17, 2019

This is not the first time the dictionary has weighed in on Trump’s tweets. The account has mocked Trump’s misspellings in his tweets and added political definitions of words like “snowflake.”