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Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Friday rejected President Trump's denial of the vulgar remarks he made in a bipartisan immigration meeting.
Earlier this morning, Trump took to Twitter to defend himself after the explosive report, confirmed by Fox News, broke on Thursday night.
“Why are we having all these people from s***hole countries come here?” he said in a bipartisan meeting on immigration, according to multiple people in the room.
The Washington Post reported that he singled out Haitians, asking, “Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out."
The remarks drew a firestorm of criticism and accusations that the president is a racist, but Trump took to Twitter to deny the reports.
The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made - a big setback for DACA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018
Never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country. Never said “take them out.” Made up by Dems. I have a wonderful relationship with Haitians. Probably should record future meetings - unfortunately, no trust!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 12, 2018
Durbin, who was present for the talks, pushed back and said the reports are accurate.
"He said these hateful things and he said them repeatedly," said Durbin, confirming the remark about Haitians and explaining that Trump referred specifically to African nations as "s***holes."
None of the Republican lawmakers who were at the meeting have backed up Trump's denials.
Fellow Illinois Democrat Rep. Luis Gutierrez blasted Trump in an interview Thursday, calling Trump's remarks "vile" and "racist."
"We now know that we have in the White House someone who could lead the Ku Klux Klan in the United States of America, somebody who could be the leader of the neo-Nazis — and publish just his words," he said on MSNBC.
"This is ignorance ... to speak in such vile racist terms."
Rep. @LuisGutierrez reacts to Trump's 'sh**hole countries' remark, says "the paint has been stripped away from Donald Trump." pic.twitter.com/US4Amyx4U5
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 12, 2018
Republican U.S. Rep Mia Love (Utah), whose parents emigrated from Haiti, condemned Trump's comments as "unkind and divisive."
Here is my statement on the President’s comments today: pic.twitter.com/EdtsFjc2zL
— Rep. Mia Love (@RepMiaLove) January 11, 2018
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