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Hopes for immigration deal fade as lawmakers trade barbs and denials on Trump’s use of vulgarity
The Washington Compost ^ | January 14 at 6:07 PM | Mike DeBonis

Posted on 01/14/2018 4:41:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

With the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants in the balance, relations between key GOP and Democratic lawmakers turned poisonous Sunday over disagreement about President Trump’s use of a vulgarity to describe poor countries last week during an Oval Office meeting.

Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) — who attended the meeting and previously has said they could not recall whether Trump had referred to “shithole countries” — on Sunday denied outright that Trump had ever said it. They suggested that a Democrat who publicly confirmed the remarks, Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, could not be trusted.

“This is a gross misrepresentation, it’s not the first time Senator Durbin has done it, and it is not productive to solving the problem we’re having,” Perdue said on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.”

The accusations prompted Democrats to blast the GOP senators for impugning a colleague’s integrity, while also slamming Trump and his remarks as unabashedly racist.

The only administration official to speak publicly this weekend about the meeting was Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who attended the session. She said in an interview with “Fox News Sunday” that she did not “recall him using that exact phrase” but acknowledged Trump “did use and will continue to use strong language.”

If Congress doesn't reach agreement on crucial immigration issues and pass a spending bill, the costly consequence would be a government shutdown. (Joyce Koh/The Washington Post)

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2018; buildthefence; congress; daca; dreamact; dreamers; midterm; vote
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

21 posted on 01/14/2018 5:03:49 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: dennisw

“Proper spelling is Dick Turban.”

I made a pic, but I can’t post it here!


22 posted on 01/14/2018 5:04:05 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (NOT TITO)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dems are trying the good old shame crap on Trump to get what they want with the fake “shithole countries” comment


23 posted on 01/14/2018 5:06:13 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Vendome
I have no problem with deporting illegals....with attitudes like this they can whine and cry all they want....tired of seeing this in our country....just go home!


24 posted on 01/14/2018 5:06:49 PM PST by caww
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To: familyop
Many more of them have held government jobs and received pro-Hillary government union newsletters for most of their lives. They’re really mad.

So are We the Deplorables.

And if it all comes down to who is the angriest, then the Deplorables win, hands down...

25 posted on 01/14/2018 5:06:51 PM PST by sargon ("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
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To: butlerweave

Just wait until this week when they create all sorts of distractions as they feel more and more up against the wall!


26 posted on 01/14/2018 5:09:09 PM PST by caww
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To: familyop
Trump needs the majority in Congress, and Democrats are pushing like they’ve never pushed before to take the House.

You mean like they pushed for Hillary?

27 posted on 01/14/2018 5:15:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dick’s been in this dreamer/daca *hole for 17 years.

The DREAM Act was first introduced on August 1, 2001, sponsored by Dick Durbin, Orrin Hatch.


28 posted on 01/14/2018 5:20:38 PM PST by glenduh
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I wish some of these perpetually offended idiots would go live in one of these crapholes...just to “spite” us. Adios, turds.


29 posted on 01/14/2018 5:25:32 PM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The issue is this: the Democrats want to let in helpless people who they think will vote Democrat; the Republicans want a merit based system of people who can contribute but the Democrats are afraid those people will vote Republican.


30 posted on 01/14/2018 5:26:08 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: RightGeek
+1. 👌
31 posted on 01/14/2018 5:27:41 PM PST by 4Liberty (illegal immigration is a "process" crime too....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Whip Dick Turban killed DACA with his $#!%hole lie.


32 posted on 01/14/2018 5:30:57 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Ironically, the people who are going to get hurt by mass immigration are blacks. These illegals are going to go into the inner-cities and compete with blacks for Section 8 housing vouchers and food stamps. Not to mention apartments and other housing.

I don't know why Republicans don't mention this.

33 posted on 01/14/2018 5:31:06 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (God Bless Attorney General Jeff Sessions! Thank You!)
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To: TXBlair

Well, what they’re actually doing to “spite us” is bringing the crapholes here. It’s exactly what the British labor party did, on purpose, in order to, in their words, “rub their (conservatives) faces in diversity”.


34 posted on 01/14/2018 5:33:03 PM PST by KyCats
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just kicking the can farther down the road, never fixing anything. THAT is the work pattern habits of this sitting Congress. Now they can blame Trump, because they didn’t have the MAN parts to stand up and face the problem.


35 posted on 01/14/2018 5:34:18 PM PST by rovenstinez
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The hammer drops tomorrow.


36 posted on 01/14/2018 5:34:22 PM PST by smileyface (Things looking up in RED PA! I love President Trump!)
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To: TXBlair

The fact that they don’t go there speaks volumes. Where did they want to go when Trump got elected? Mexico? Nope. Jamaica? Nope. Guatemala? Nope. Canada. Another 1st world country.


37 posted on 01/14/2018 5:39:36 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dick Durbin is Full of !/$*!^!


38 posted on 01/14/2018 5:40:56 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009
Actually, you no longer have to %$#@ out the word shit.

The fakestree presstitutes have normalized it in an attempt to get shit on Trump.

39 posted on 01/14/2018 5:43:35 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: Morpheus2009

Dicky “s-hole” Durbin...


40 posted on 01/14/2018 5:59:56 PM PST by freespirit2012
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