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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is facing criticism from Republican lawmakers following his comments over the weekend that immigrants coming to the U.S. are "poisoning the blood of our country."
"It strikes me that it didn’t bother him when he appointed Elaine Chao secretary of transportation," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday. McConnell is married to Chao, who immigrated to the U.S. from Taiwan as a child.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called t...