Isn't the sentiment the same? i.e. There should be federal/national repercussion for their actions.
No, and that illustrated why not, the president was not at all saying there should be federal or national repercussions for their actions. He was saying that if they don't like America maybe they should leave. Not that the government should do anything to them. What they were trying to do was mislead people into thinking he was saying there should be federal or national repercussions for their actions and apparently they accomplished that.
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