Posted on 01/12/2018 7:06:59 AM PST by Ennis85
President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to deny he insulted Haiti and African nations as "shithole countries” but admitted he used “tough” language during a discussion about an immigration deal with lawmakers.
“The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used,” Trump tweeted. “What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made - a big setback for DACA!”
On Thursday, Trump used vulgar language during a meeting with a bipartisan group of senators at the White House, a Democratic aide briefed on the meeting told NBC News. When they were talking about Haiti, Trump questioned why Haitians should be given specific consideration, two sources briefed on the conversation said.
“Why do we need more Haitians, take them out,” he said, according to sources. Someone else in the room responded: “Because if you do, it will be obvious why.”
The White House issued a statement Thursday that did not deny the remarks. But Trump wrote Friday that he, "Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country."
"Never said 'take them out.' Made up by Dems. I have a wonderful relationship with Haitians. Probably should record future meetings - unfortunately, no trust!" he added.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who attended the meeting, said Friday that Trump used all of the language that has been attributed to him in media reports.
"...in the course of his comments, (the president) said things which were hate filled, vile and racist," Durbin told reporters. "I use those words advisedly. I understand how powerful they are, but I cannot believe that in the history of the White House and that Oval Office, any president has ever spoken the words that I personally heard our president speak yesterday.
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Okay we’re back to racist now. Russian didn’t work. Sexist didn’t work. So let’s recycle back to racist.
Dick Turbin is a sniveling liar. Trump should take time out of his schedule to make an example of him.
Well, if Turbin said it...
>> Sen. lil Dick Durbin, D-Ill. <<
Large parts of Chicago are s-holes.
In truth, they don’t bother with holes in many countries.
Thanks for clearing that up Durbin...and for killing any chance you had at winning a deal on DACA.
DACA is sh$thole invasion.
Amnesty is sh$thole invasion.
Chain is sh$thole invasion.
3rd World is sh$thole invasion.
Stop sh$thole immigration, by a$$hole Democrats!
I always take the word of a sniveling, sleazy, lying, corrupt Illinois Democrat, don’t all of you?
Enough of the hate accusations and virtue signaling. Trump doesn’t hate the people in those countries — he just doesn’t want Americans paying their bills. We cannot cure everyone’s poverty.
Hey Durbin you moral leper. Remember how you called our troops “jack booted thugs”? I do you piece of filth.
So little dick has condemned about half of us as vile and racist. The other half don’t think they are but just do’t know it.
I’m now a vile and racist bitter clinger. Hooray for me!
Will this be made into some acronym? VRBC? Doesn’t sing for me. Got to work on this.
Meanwhile, I will continue to wonder why the left wants to allow our country that is barely hanging on to allow people from shithole countries in to further degrade our position. Votes you say? Ah.
Of course, calling Trump a ‘Nazi’ and a ‘racist’ and his supporters ‘deplorable’ isn’t hate-filled.
Play us the tape or STFU, Durbin...PERIOD.
Notice that Dumbo Durbin didn’t say explicitly that Trump said “s###hole.”
He said Trump said things that were “hate filled, vile and racist,” (whatever that means to Durbin), which could literally be who knows what in that pea-brain of his.
Trump is right and Durbin is exposed as the liar.
After the 65 Civil Rights Act was passed, without much help from Dems, Dem Prez LBJ said we will have these N-word voting for us for the next 50 years..... or something to that effect. Trump should remind Turban of this.
They ARE shthole countries! Mainly because they are run by shithead politicians.
I’d swim in horse piss before I believed Durbin.
Can’t tell the truth in the District of Corruption because that would upset the little girlie boys of the politburo.
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