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DetlefK

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Fri Jan 12, 2018, 03:14 PM Jan 2018

Lindsey Graham accidently confirms Trump's "shithole"-comment.

https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/sen-tim-scott-trump-s-shithole-countries-comment-is-accurate/article_e99c2fba-f7a9-11e7-a381-d7950e17b81f.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/12/1732233/-Republicans-who-heard-Trump-s-shithole-comments-plead-amnesia-or-hide-from-the-press

Lindsey Graham, meanwhile, is still in hiding, refusing to talk to reporters in “uncharacteristically snappish” fashion. But his fellow South Carolina senator, Tim Scott, talked to Graham and then to reporters:

Graham, Scott said, told him the reported comments are “basically accurate.”

“If that comment is accurate, the comment is incredibly disappointing,” Scott also told The Post and Courier on Friday morning.
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Lindsey Graham accidently confirms Trump's "shithole"-comment. (Original Post) DetlefK Jan 2018 OP
basically accurate that donnie said it or basically accurate that the countries are shitholes?? unblock Jan 2018 #1
If you cannoy call out trump here... ollie10 Jan 2018 #2
Yes, Graham did indirectly confirm these comments Gothmog Jan 2018 #3
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