Homeland Security secretary says she doesn't recall Trump's 'shithole' comment

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By CONNOR O’BRIEN 01/14/2018 09:58 AM EST

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Sunday she doesn’t recall President Donald Trump’s reported comments about immigration from “shithole” countries during a White House meeting last week.

“I don’t recall him saying that exact phrase,” Nielsen, who attended Thursday's meeting at the White House, said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

Nielsen also predicted that Trump, who campaigned on hard-line immigration policies, including building a border wall, will “continue to use strong language when it comes to this issue, because he feels very passionate about it.”

Media reports state Trump questioned why the United States admits people from “shithole countries” in the meeting with lawmakers from both parties. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) corroborated the remarks, while Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.), both allies of Trump, said Friday they didn’t recall those remarks. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) suggested he scolded the president at the meeting for his remarks, though he was not specific.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/14/homeland-security-trump-shithole-comments-340252

[Siwsan]

1. Are these people being pressured to lie, or is it just their second nature?

[Maggiemayhem]

2. Both

[Iliyah]

12. It's their first nature.

Anything that comes out of the WH is a lie, same fake news, hate radio, etc.

[dem4decades]

3. I would like to put them all under oath.

Maybe Mueller can ask Trump if he said shithole, just to get him on the record as a liar or truth teller.

[madaboutharry]

4. Another republican disgrace.

There is nothing else to say about these people. They are disgraceful. They shame themselves, their party, and most of all the United States and our democracy.

If they lived 75 years ago in Germany, they would all defend Hitler. I am convinced of it.

[Evergreen Emerald]

5. the key is "that exact phrase."

Bigfat liars.

[dem4decades]

6. Nice, you're right maybe he said shitholes not shithole. Or vice versa.

[Irish_Dem]

25. Yes, she is disingenuous, parsing words carefully.

She is lying as she knows he said something derogatory.

[Mc Mike]

7. Another wave of amnesia hits the repuglinazis, en masse.

[msongs]

8. this why dems should always travel in pairs and never be alone with repubs nt

[TryLogic]

18. Wise advice!

I understand Trump's lawyers used to work in pairs for the same reason.

[tanyev]

9. "White House staffers reportedly think Trump's 'shithole countries' remark will play well with base"

The first response, on the evening of Jan. 11:

President Donald Trump prompted an outcry on Thursday after a bombshell report surfaced that he had referred to Haiti and African nations as "shithole countries" during a meeting on immigration with lawmakers.

But some White House staffers are unfazed by the remark because they believe it will resonate with Trump's supporters, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported.

Instead, they predicted that Trump's base will be receptive to the comments in the same way they were when the president repeatedly attacked NFL players who knelt for the national anthem, according to CNN.

http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-expects-trumps-shithole-remark-will-resonate-with-base-2018-1

[MiniMe]

10. "I don't recall" phrase from Alberto Gonzales and I think Ronald Reagan

Though, I think in Reagan's case, he really didn't recall with his Alzheimers

[Botany]

11. They have no shame

Link to tweet

[UpInArms]

13. Cultist piece of wasted space

These upright two legged beings make me

[50 Shades Of Blue]

14. Any chance anybody recorded it?

[Brother Buzz]

23. Methinks the White House did record it

Evidenced by the orange one saying they probably should record future meetings. He lies about EVERYTHING.

[jmowreader]

33. It would be nice if someone had

[tonyt53]

15. Why is it that everybody in trump's circle have memory issues?

[dalton99a]

16. Like a good little Nazi

[TryLogic]

17. Those who don't recall "that exact language" are doing one of two things.

1. They are splitting hairs like guilty people and liars often do. Or,

2. They are so accustomed to that type of comment and language that they didn't even notice it.

In either case, they need to be retired from their current jobs ASAP.

[PSPS]

19. May be true. When immersed in such utterances non-stop, it's hard to remember one specific instance.

[left-of-center2012]

20. That was Session's line too

At his Congressional hearings,
he kept saying "I don't recall".

[LuckyLib]

21. So was this a meeting where five conversations are going

on at once? With the rPresident at the helm? Sounds far-fetched. They heard it — just the usual covering their asses.

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Man, that 'I don't recall syndrome' is really contagious among Republicans.

[forgotmylogin]

24. If a shithole tree falls in the woods...

...does that mean it doesn't sound like racism?

If you stick your fingers in your ears and go "LALALALALALALALALALA" does that invalidate everything said during that time to anyone but you?

[C_U_L8R]

26. That seems to be the Wingnut talking point today

Except that Trump called all his fiends and boasted about making it.

[democratisphere]

27. Must be a liar and Russian sympathizer in order to be a part of this administration

and GOP Congress.

[cilla4progress]

28. They are all on record now

As liars.

More rope for Mueller to hang them with.

[Liberalagogo]

29. RW women

will be the death of us all. WTF is WRONG with them? I thought women were supposed to be better than men at this. Yet I'm constantly hearing stupid shit from these RW "women". (I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY trying NOT to use the word I want to use.)

[procon]

30. Notice than all these Trump apologists change the focus from his racist remark,

to merely 'strong language' or 'salty words'? Republicans a trying to pretend that the entire world is outraged because Trump used a swear word. Discounting all the Pavlov's Dogs over at Fox, no one is buying it, of course, but that's the bestest explanation Trump's daycare minders could come up with.

[KPN]

31. What a bunch of fucking lying creeps. Not to mention, evil purposed.

Sometimes I relish the notion of our own French Revolution. "Off with their heads!"

[jpak]

32. FUCKING LIARS ALL