President Trump says Sen. Durbin misrepresented discussion

Several people who were at the meeting last week or familiar with the discussions, said Trump disparaged those countries in vulgar, racially tinged terms.

Graham has not directly confirmed that he heard the president make offending comments but said he challenged Trump directly over any impropriety.

“And I was hit between the eyes when I got up in the morning and saw that the president had tweeted a denial of what was said“.

Trump referred to comments made by Sen.

The White House has not denied that Trump uttered the word “shithole“, though Trump has pushed back on some depictions of the meeting.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said: “The president hasn’t said he didn’t use strong language”.

Trump defended himself Sunday, telling reporters he is “not a racist” while adding that DACA talks were flagging because Democrats “don’t want security at the border, and they don’t want to stop drugs”.

On Monday, two senators who said he did indeed use the disparaging remark stood by their account of what took place. I have a wonderful relationship with Haitians. “Probably should record future meetings – unfortunately, no trust”, he wrote on Twitter last Friday.

Cotton’s comment seems to rely upon the idea that Trump attacked only countries and not specifically the people who come from them, which. okay.

Lewis said Sunday that he believes Congress should censure Trump. Trump said a year ago that he’s killing the program unless Congress sends him legislation by March to keep it.

“I’m saying that this is a gross misrepresentation, it’s not the first time Sen”.

“My now-famous meeting with the president was about solving a problem to secure our country and to be compassionate and understanding of these 800,000 children. We’re Americans”, she told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

“What I’ve tried to say today is that America is not the world’s policeman, but our values and our country is what holds the world together”, Graham said. “He feels very passionate about it”. “I don’t recall that specific phrase being used”.

“I don’t know if there was some other recording device in use within the Oval Office“, Durbin said. He said Republicans would not support a so-called clean bill on DACA, that excludes other issues. DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival and protects children of undocumented immigrants.

“I stick with my original interpretation”, he continued.

Purdue also blasted the Illinois Democrat, pointing out that Durbin likely mischaracterized comments a House Republican made to President Barack Obama in 2013.