President Donald Trump is encountering pushback after his Tuesday evening speech on affordability at a Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania rally veered into another message.

Addressing the roaring crowd, Trump—who has ramped up his immigration crackdown since an Afghan national was identified as the sole suspect in —discussed the sweeping measures he’s proposing for both legal and illegal entry into the U.S. His actions have from immigration support groups and activists who fear the far-reaching measures, which impact various communities, amount to collective punishment.

“I’ve announced a permanent pause on third-world migration, including from hell holes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia and many other countries,” Trump stated. When someone in the Pennsylvania crowd appeared to yell out “sh*thole,” the President laughed and responded: “I didn’t say ‘sh*t-hole.’ You did!” (Trump faced widespread criticism during his 2018 first term over comments about “sh-thole countries.”)

Trump went on to target certain countries with inflammatory, anti-immigrant remarks by recalling a conversation he said he once had with Democratic Senators.

“I said: ‘Why is it we only take people from sh-thole countries, right? Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few. Let us have a few from Denmark. Do you mind sending a few people? Send us some nice people. Do you mind?’” Trump recalled. “But we always take people from Somalia. Places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime.”

The President’s singling out of Somalia comes shortly after protesters—and Democratic lawmakers—. During a Cabinet meeting last week, Trump said that Somalia is “barely a country” and referred to Somali immigrants as “garbage.”

“Our country’s at a tipping point, we could go bad, one way or the other, and we’re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking garbage into our country,” he claimed.

The President has long pointed to well-documented in Minnesota involving people of Somali ancestry and welfare programs, seemingly blaming the community as a whole rather than the individuals involved.

Trump doubled down on his anti-Somali rhetoric on Tuesday evening and once again targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democratic Congresswoman for Minnesota who was born in Somalia.

Claiming that Omar does “nothing but b-tch,” Trump said the lawmaker comes from a country considered to be “the worst” in the world. “We ought to get her the hell out,” the President said, pausing as members of the crowd chanted “send her back.”

Omar—who has been involved in many public disagreements with Trump—responded to his latest remarks, saying his “obsession” with her is “beyond weird.”

“Since he has no economic policies to tout, he’s resorting to regurgitating bigoted lies instead,” via social media, reacting to a clip of the President’s speech. “He continues to be a national embarrassment.”

Just last week, Democratic Representatives Gregory W. Meeks of New York and Sara Jacobs of California, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Cory Booker of New Jersey, issued a Trump’s charged discourse about Somali immigrants.

“Instead of using the power of the presidency to bring our country together, President Trump chose to attack an American immigrant community, the overwhelming majority of whom are law-abiding and have made many positive contributions to the United States,” they said in a joint statement, labeling Trump’s rhetoric as “xenophobic and unacceptable.”

The Trump Administration’s efforts on affordability were intended to be the focus of his Tuesday evening speech. Amid growing concern among Americans about the economy, the impact of tariffs, and the cost-of-living crisis, Trump is facing mounting questions—even among his supporters—about whether or not he’s fulfilling his affordability pledge.

Aside from speaking out against immigration, Trump told his supporters in Pennsylvania that “America is winning again” and blamed the Biden Administration for inflation.

“They gave you high prices… we’re bringing those prices down rapidly, lower prices, bigger paychecks,” he claimed, adding that he has “no higher priority than making America affordable again.”

In a Truth Social post shared after his speech, Trump once again championed his second term thus far.

“There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me! My hours are the longest, and my results are among the best,” he his 11 million followers.