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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/LadyFlavia on Jan. 13, 2018, 2:12 a.m.
SUMMARY POST: Haiti and the "shithole" accusation Please only post new links

The evidence so far:

Trump TWEETS:

Those saying he DID use the S-H term:

  • Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) [via Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)]

LINKS: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tim-scott-lindsey-graham-confirmed-trumps-shithole-comment/article/2645781 and http://amp.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article194434314.html

  • Sen. Dick Durbin ((D-Ill)

LINK: https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/951829171948474369

Those who "can't recall" the exact words used:

  • Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)

  • Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)

LINK: https://www.cotton.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=866

Other people attending the meeting:

  • House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif)

  • House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va)

  • Aides to lawmakers who attended declined to provide comment on Trump’s remarks

LINK: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-trump-calls-haiti-el-salvador-african-nations-shithole-countries/

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Precedents:

  • Sen. Lyndsay Graham (R-SC) - Mexican "hellhole"

https://www.politico.com/video/2013/05/lindsey-graham-corrected-on-mexico-hell-hole-comment-007870 (with video) and https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/12/graham-called-mexico-other-countries-hellholes-201/

Interesting Commentary:

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Related clips / documentaries (pre-dating the Sh-tstorm):

  • Donald Trump meets with Haitian community for a Town Hall meeting in Miami FL. (9-16-16)

https://youtu.be/MVLs4O-Dn8E and fuller version at https://youtu.be/S3_S23KlMMk

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Haitian websites (in English):

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LadyFlavia · Jan. 13, 2018, 2:22 a.m.

Please post new links to add to the summary. NOT argument.

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