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Kellyanne Conway asks 'What's your ethnicity?' at reporter asking about Trump's racist tweets

Kellyanne Conway snapped "what's your ethnicity?" Tuesday at a reporter who asked her a question about President Donald Trump's racist tweets.

Losing her cool under fire, Conway unloaded on Andrew Feinberg after he asked her to clarify what countries Trump was referring to when he told Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive allies should "go back to where they came from."

"What is your ethnicity?" Conway asked.

"Why is that relevant?" a stunned-sounding Feinberg responded.

"Because I'm asking a question. My ancestors are from Ireland and Italy," Conway replied.

"My own ethnicity is not relevant to the question I am asking," Feinberg said.

"It is (relevant)," Conway shot back.

When Feinberg did not immediately respond, Conway launched a tirade about being tired of Democratic attacks on various Trump policies, including immigration.

Conway ended by saying Trump had said all he was going to say on the issue, even though he spend much of the morning tweeting additional claims about the same issue.

Feinberg followed up by asking specifically about Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who was born in the U.S. to Palestinian immigrants.

"Are you saying the president was telling (Tlaib)to go back to the occupied territories?" Feinberg asked as Conway moved on to another question.

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