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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTom Cotton: I didnt hear Trump say racist sh*thole slur but Im sure Dick Durbin is a liar
While speaking to Cotton on CBS Face the Nation, host John Dickerson pointed out that Durbin had personally heard Trump use the term shithole to refer to African nations, and that other senators had also been told about the remarks by people who were in the room.
I didnt hear that word, Cotton insisted. I certainly didnt hear what Sen. Durbin has said repeatedly. Sen. Durbin has a history of misrepresenting what happens in White House meetings so, perhaps, we shouldnt be surprised by that.
You didnt hear the word or it was not said? Dickerson interrupted. Because [Sen. Linsey Graham] also told [Sen. Tim Scott], your Republican colleague, that this is what happened. [Sen. Jeff Flake] was in a subsequent meeting where he was told by people in the meeting this happened.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/tom-cotton-i-didnt-hear-trump-say-racist-shthole-slur-but-im-sure-dick-durbin-is-a-liar/
DinahMoeHum
(21,835 posts)dem4decades
(11,321 posts)These shit head Republicans have no respect. Where the the old Republican bastards that used to believe in that?
Silent!
MurrayDelph
(5,304 posts)that Rule 19, like all other rules, only apply when Republicans can use them against Democrats?
unblock
(52,495 posts)spanone
(135,930 posts)he's saying everybody but him is lying
and he's full of shit
Satch59
(1,353 posts)And confirm POS said shithole... But of course it's not the word that's important, it's the racist context. These GOP asskissers need to be shut down.
standingtall
(2,787 posts)"we have a system the rewards ties of blood" "Ties of kin" 'Ties of clan' Translation= to many none white people coming to America. Just another racist republican scumbag.
cilla4progress
(24,801 posts)Because there is no basis in reality.
All we can ultimately do is use the power of the ballot box and vote these lying shills out.
spanone
(135,930 posts)Gothmog
(145,894 posts)wiggs
(7,820 posts)particular word, so ask if they heard a similar word that SOUNDS like shithole...like shit house.
all morning...gop saying they didn't hear 'that word'...so what did they hear?
spanone
(135,930 posts)gademocrat7
(10,686 posts)Stuart G
(38,458 posts)being associated with Tom Cotton, has been discussed at the "viper convention" and voted down.
Oh..I just made that one up..
Cotton is an "assh**e" and everyone knows it. He heard what Trump said, and is lying about it. You are correct of course....Durbin told the "truth" , there is truth in the way that he explained it..
A few days later, in this interview with Cotton, there are lies and more lies coming out of his mouth. It is who he is..
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)is OK and even encouraged if you are aligned with The Base. Christian true believers are exempted from the whole ten commandments thing.
sinkingfeeling
(51,494 posts)D_Master81
(1,823 posts)1) why would someone come out of a meeting and say he said something like that? I mean that is quite a horrible thing to say. Almost to the point that you cant believe he did. If Durbin was going to make something up he would've said something less shocking.
2) Look at how Trump reacted. He didnt deny it until the next day. We know how Trump is, if he really didnt say it, he wouldnt have let it fester in the news cycle for over 1/2 a day before responding.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Translation: I think he said "shithouse" not "shithole"
spanone
(135,930 posts)Paladin
(28,285 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,472 posts)Is anyone pressing the issue by asking him if Trump did indeed disparage other countries, and if so, what did he say?
Is anyone asking him to repeat what Trump said as he remembers it?
All of these republicans are scumbags.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)a good way. Well done Mr. Cotton, you may not remember...but we will.
spanone
(135,930 posts)GOP senator: 'Gross misrepresentation' of Trump's 'shithole' remarks
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/14/politics/david-perdue-kirstjen-nielsen-daca/index.html
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Fuck you, Cotton!
Gothmog
(145,894 posts)Cotton and Perdue are liars http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368967-conservative-writer-trump-called-friends-to-brag-about-s-hole
"Its weird that people in the room dont remember Trump using that word when Trump himself was calling friends to brag about it afterwards," Erick Erickson, who has in the past been critical of Trump, said in a tweet.
"I spoke to one of those friends. The President thought it would play well with the base."
Link to tweet
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Cha
(298,049 posts)thanks for that, Goth
jpak
(41,761 posts)as a nation.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)trueblue2007
(17,250 posts)Motley13
(3,867 posts)elfin
(6,262 posts)A bit similar in looks. Very alike in arousing queasiness.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)that Trump DIDN'T say it.
Sick, sick manipulation game. Do they think they can gaslight the only Democrat in the room?
Is Erick Erickson a liar now? What about the accolades from his White Supremacist base?
There's nothing this corrupt, traitorous GOP won't excuse or deny on Trump's behalf.
There's absolutely no use raising the concept of impeachment or the 25th Amendment until Dems regain control. IF that's possible.
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,213 posts)But remember to show up bright and early tomorrow for your scheduled appointment during "Executive Time". And use a different flavor of Chap-Stik this time. The flavor you used on Wednesday gave the boss a terrible rash.
Cha
(298,049 posts)Tom_Foolery
(4,691 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Because Trump has admitted to his friends that he said it.