Posted on 01/15/2018 6:43:58 PM PST by Ennis85
President Donald Trump has said he was "totally misrepresented" by those saying he used the term "shithole" to describe African nations last week.
Mr Trump also said the allegation was hurting efforts to strike a deal to protect so-called Dreamer immigrants.
The president was responding to a claim by Democratic Senator Dick Durbin that he used "vile and racist" language during a meeting on immigration reform.
The alleged remarks sparked global outrage and demands that he apologise.
"There is no other word one can use but racist," said a UN spokesman.
On Monday, two senators who said he did indeed use the disparaging remark stood by their account of what took place.
What did the president allegedly say?
The row broke out after Republican and Democratic lawmakers visited the president in the Oval Office on Thursday to work on a proposal for an immigration deal.
A key issue they need to agree on is what to do with an Obama-era scheme that protects some 800,000 young people who entered the US illegally as children - known as the Dreamers.
But the alleged slur was uttered during another topic for discussion - the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) given to a number of nationalities currently living in the country.
In recent weeks the Trump administration has made a series of announcements that have brought that status to an end.
Hours after the meeting, reports emerged that Mr Trump had asked: "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?"
The US should be taking in migrants from countries like Norway, he is reported to have said.
Accounts suggest that when Mr Trump was told that the largest groups of immigrants with that status were from El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti, the president responded: "Haitians? Do we need more Haitians?"
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Maybe Trump should offer to send Dick Durbin to Haiti on a fact finding mission.
“Have the senators present at the meeting backed him up?
No - Democratic Dick Durbin said he used the word “shithole” repeatedly
Yes - Republican David Perdue said the reported racial slur was a “gross misrepresentation”
No - Republican Lindsey Graham told another senator the reports were “basically accurate”
Yes - Republican Tom Cotton “didn’t hear Trump use derogatory language”
Three other people who were in the room have remained silent.”
Looks like its a tie so far.
Many of us in Illinois have referred to the Senator as “Sack of Durbin”. The sack has brown content - is that racist or simply accurate scatology?
Senator Tick Turban’s lie was obviously a ploy to blow up the negotiating, because they do not want this problem solved, they do not want a wall, they do not want anything to occur other than to be able to have this issue for the 2018 election, and to blame still having that unresolved issue on Trump being a racist.
Senators Tick Turban, Lady Lindsay, and The Flake are slithering snakes playing games with people lives for the purpose of politics.
They are true filth.
Leaky Dicky Turd Bin
Senator Tick Turban’s lie was obviously a ploy to blow up the negotiating, because they do not want this problem solved, they do not want a wall, they do not want anything to occur other than to be able to have this issue for the 2018 election, and to blame still having that unresolved issue on Trump being a racist.
Senators Tick Turban, Lady Lindsay, and The Flake are slithering snakes playing games with people lives for the purpose of politics.
They are true filth.
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And for money...they’re getting paid by someone to go against common sense, and even their own past comments on this issue.
Dems aren’t gonna run on DACA and they will agree to a another CR. The optics are horrible. What they want to is stall Trump and run out the clock on the Wall. If they could stalemate, that’s good for them.
I like Lyin’ Dickwadd Durbin he has done this before.
Trump’s Exec. Privilege was violated a closed door meeting
is supposed to be treated like Top Secret, not leaked.
I would hope The Senate takes appropriate action against the Lyin’ Dickwadd. The Dems want only the Republicans to work across the aisle. Last year the Dems voted an mass against any GOP proposal. Obama got lots of funding for Obamacare and PP from GOP. Time to wake Dems up and raid
the sanctuary cities and arrest anyone who aids illegals.
Hmmm? Looks like Dirty Dick Durbin is a leaker....
Like lyin’ CNN, Dick Turdbin probably blew any further access to the POTUS with this lie.
The rest of the country is fed up with their BS. Democrats are deplorable and Turdbin is one of the worst.
Yeah, they want no problems solved, no actions taken.
Consider: Trump says he’ll sign a bill last in an open meeting in front of the cameras. Anything they put in from of him, he’ll sign. Two days later Durbin and Flake announce a “done deal” and rush to meet with Trump behind _closed_ doors. Trump throws cold water on them and announces no deal on DACA without border security and funding for the wall. So Durbin comes out and insists Trump called Caribbean, Latin American, Africa states “$#|7holes.” _On the eve of MLK weekend._
So that’s all we hear for three solid days. That Trump used a bad word and that makes him a racist.
Point: This entire drama over what Trump said was going to be staged _no matter what he actually said_ because he said the only thing that mattered: ‘no’ to their plan to get Trump to cave on DACA and border security.
Refuse Durbin access to any more meetings.
Just like Fienstein !
Just like all DemonCraps and Washington Cartel filth.
Some thin Chicago is a oriface of the Calcutta class.
Just like Fienstein !
Just like all DemonCraps and Washington Cartel filth.
Yep. Hopefully, soon all the dots will be connected.
Dicky Durbin Blew DACA. LMFAO!
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