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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBen Shapiro defends Trump 's---hole' remark: 'Some countries are really crappy'
BY MAX GREENWOOD - 01/12/18 10:17 AM EST
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Conservative columnist Ben Shapiro said on Friday that "some countries are really crappy," after President Trump reportedly demanded to know why the U.S. grants entry to immigrants from "shithole countries."
But Shapiro also said that Trump should not have made the reported remarks, especially in front of lawmakers not allied with him.
"There are a lot of reasons people seem offended this morning. One is the idea that Trump said some countries are 'bleep-holes,'" Shapiro said on "Fox & Friends." "To be fair to the president, some countries are really crappy."
Shapiro, the editor-in-chief of the conservative Daily Wire, referenced countries, like North Korea and Haiti, as examples, pointing to the latter's relatively short life expectancy and low GDP per capita.
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Response to DonViejo (Original post)
dalton99a This message was self-deleted by its author.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,440 posts)He insults the PEOPLE of other countries while ignoring the political and economic realities in which they live. He's a pig.
still_one
(92,525 posts)burnbaby
(685 posts)He backs up his beliefs with facts. I find him very interesting to listen to. Soft spoken, lets people speak and then chimes in. I've never seen him interrupt anyone or make fun of anyone
still_one
(92,525 posts)to do with whether a person is a bigot or a racist
His first statement defending trumps denial, which multiple witnesses including the Washington Post have refuted speaks volumes
You want to defend this jerk?
He is also a Muslim bigot just like Alan Dershowitz, (who is also soft spoken), and before you jump to any conclusions about me, I am Jewish, and as far as I am concerned, both of these jerks are an embarrassment to the Jewish community
burnbaby
(685 posts)mind without having to qualify your DNA. Alan has shocked me, but I like Ben. I have that right and I have never heard him spew muslim bigotry
still_one
(92,525 posts)forums.
https://www.amazon.com/People-Vs-Barack-Obama-Administration/dp/1476765138
I also never implied who you should or should not admire, I was stating my view
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)So your post is false, he is on fox news.
burnbaby
(685 posts)he doesn't work for fox news he works for the daily something and has multiple speaking engagements
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Which he was. Want to try again?
burnbaby
(685 posts)This exchange made my day, thanks!
win some lose some
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)And his facts are questionable. Here are a few titles penned by Shapiro. Im sure theyre loaded with facts:
Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth (ISBN 0-78526148-6). WND Books: 2004.
Porn Generation: How Social Liberalism Is Corrupting Our Future (ISBN 0-89526016-6). Regnery: 2005.
Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV (ISBN 0-06209210-3). Harper Collins: 2011.
Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America (ISBN 1-47671001-5). Threshold Editions: 2013.
The People vs. Barack Obama: The Criminal Case Against the Obama Administration (ISBN 1-47676513-8). Threshold Editions: 2014.
spanone
(135,948 posts)delisen
(6,050 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)Trump's proven that he is, Shapiro can join him.
CanonRay
(14,144 posts)Renew Deal
(81,900 posts)The point is that the president shouldn't be referring to our friends, partners, allies, neighbors, etc. in this way.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,514 posts)Johonny
(20,962 posts)the condition of the home country isn't in question. It's the whiteness of the preferred people that speaks volumes. Ben is a racist too so no doubt he agrees. What a racist.
BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)Everything else is white noise to me.
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)It's about the president suggesting that when it comes to immigration black/brown people need not apply...but white people should come on in. The shithole comment isn't the worst part.
quartz007
(1,216 posts)I was once married once to a shit-head from Sweden.
She was as white and blonde as they come.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)That's the crux of it.
Trump stated a preference for immigrants from Northern Europe.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
moondust This message was self-deleted by its author.
louis-t
(23,314 posts)"speaks his mind". Like a 2-year-old.