Rep. Yassamin Ansari , D-Ariz., sparked a social media firestorm on Thursday for saying she does not “give a sh–” whether people in her district can vote for her in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies .

During a press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Ansari was asked about her use of the term “constituents” while criticizing the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts.

“So, I didn’t realize this was such a controversy until the right-wing media started attacking me for using the word, so I Googled the word constituent. The definition of constituent is somebody who is part of a community, doesn’t matter what their legal status is,” Ansari said.

“If somebody is an asylum seeker, if somebody has a green card, if somebody is a U.S. citizen, if somebod

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