GOP Governor Blasts Trump Over Racist Insults: 'He's Not Interested In Uniting The Country'

The president said during a rally Tuesday that Somalia-born Rep. Ilhan Omar, a U.S. citizen since 2000, is in the country illegally and "should get the hell out."

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) on Tuesday rebuked President Donald Trump over his racist attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and said during a joint CNN interview with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) that Trump is “not interested” in uniting the country.

The full half-hour sit-down with “Inside Politics” host Dana Bash was published Wednesday.

“I disagree with Congresswoman Omar,” said Cox. “I think she should be voted out of office, and I think I can do that without attacking her religion or her race or her ethnic background. I think that that’s really important. I know that the president disagrees with me.”

He continued, “He and I have had these conversations. I have to say, during the Charlie Kirk shooting, in the conversations we had, he talked to me about nonviolence and trying to be a voice for that. I understand he’s not interested in uniting the country.”

Kirk founded the influential conservative campus network Turning Point USA and regularly spoke at college campuses across the country. He was fatally shot during a Utah Valley University event in September, prompting Trump to swiftly blame “the radical left.”