GOP lawmaker compares Trump 'sh*thole' remarks to Obama inviting civil rights activists to the WH

Tim Lyke, Publisher
1/17/2018 11:06 AM

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During a panel discussion on hate crimes and hate speech Monday evening in the Great Hall of Ripon College’s Harwood Memorial Union, a panelist asked attendee Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, to comment on disparaging comments President Trump allegedly had made last week about Haiti and African countries.

Grothman responded that President Trump is trying to unify the nation and sometimes people exaggerate what he says.

He also criticized President Obama for allowing civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton to visit the White House and made the point that “America is about the most diverse, tolerant place you’re going to find” by disparaging Ethiopian ethnic strife, separatism in Spain and prejudice in Brazil.

Grothman then left, explaining that he had to be elsewhere.

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