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riversedge

(70,270 posts) Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:12 PM Jan 2018

Jeff Flake: Meeting Attendees Told Me Trump Said Sh*thole Before Those Words Went Public

Source: mediaite.com

by Justin Baragona | 3:07 pm, January 14th, 2018

This morning, Sens. David Perdue and Tom Cotton took to the Sunday morning shows to claim that President Donald Trump never said immigrants from Haiti and African nations were “people from shithole countries” during an immigration meeting. Following their joint statement in which they both said they couldn’t recall the president saying those words, both men today claimed reports of the president’s comments were misrepresented.

Meanwhile, one GOP lawmaker who spoke with meeting attendees said that he was informed that Trump did indeed make those comments. And further noted that he was told about the president’s remarks prior to the comments going public.

Following Perdue’s interview on This Week, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) appeared on the program and contradicted Perdue’s assertion that reports on Trump’s comments were a “gross misrepresentation.”

“All I can say is that I was in a meeting directly afterwards where those who had presented to the president our proposal spoke about the meeting,” Flake told host George Stephanopoulos. “They said those words were used before those words went public.”
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#shitholePresidentTrump. Thanks Sen. Flake

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Jeff Flake: Meeting Attendees Told Me Trump Said Sh*thole Before Those Words Went Public (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2018 OP

My money's on Cotton and Perdue being "the liars". n/t Tarheel_Dem Jan 2018 #1

So nice... IthinkThereforeIAM Jan 2018 #2

Voters from Arkansas and Georgia need to get rid of blatant liars democratisphere Jan 2018 #3

I feel like were stuck in groundhog day! derick38 Jan 2018 #4

Thanks to Flake for setting the record straight. Graham needs to do the same. lkinwi Jan 2018 #5

Whoa mind blown gibraltar72 Jan 2018 #6

I know Flake, or have known him. His politics are wrong but the man is not a liar. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2018 #13

The first WH response and for a long time did not deny the "shithole countries" statement. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #7

If they don't remember, they cannot honestly say Trump did or did not say it. keithbvadu2 Jan 2018 #8

We shouldn't care that he said shithole or asshole or f**k, or pangaia Jan 2018 #9

Perdue&Cotton traded their credibility to save Trump's honor. oasis Jan 2018 #10

Dotard has no honor, therefore there is nothing to be saved. An earlier Enoki33 Jan 2018 #12

Its becoming about his honesty now. oxbow Jan 2018 #11

Their local media needs to NAIL Cotton and Perdue on this.. Georgia is I THINK, waking up.. nt vkkv Jan 2018 #14

Perdue and Cotton should be censured for LYING to America. SunSeeker Jan 2018 #15

Tarheel_Dem

(31,236 posts)

1. My money's on Cotton and Perdue being "the liars". n/t

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:25 PM

Jan 2018

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,076 posts)

2. So nice...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:25 PM

Jan 2018

... he said it twice?

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

3. Voters from Arkansas and Georgia need to get rid of blatant liars

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:28 PM

Jan 2018

Tom Cotton and Perdue. I thought these two lying sh'tholes had amnesia about whether drumpf used the word "shithole" or not.

derick38

(6 posts)

4. I feel like were stuck in groundhog day!

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:39 PM

Jan 2018

This is so dumb! At this point it really doesn't matter and isn't the real question. The president playing his political games is a waste of out time and allows us to be manipulated, over and over again. This guy is a piece of "Shithole" and we need to stop letting him play us. He is the master of shaping the narrative and he can always put a stop to all this stupid controversies if he really wanted too. The fact that he is good manipulating everyone doesn't make him a genius. My Druggie ex-girlfriend is a master of manipulation but she is far from genius and both her and TheDonald both belong in prison!

lkinwi

(1,477 posts)

5. Thanks to Flake for setting the record straight. Graham needs to do the same.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:57 PM

Jan 2018

gibraltar72

(7,508 posts)

6. Whoa mind blown

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 08:29 PM

Jan 2018

just can't wrap my head around a Republican telling the truth. Has anyone checked temperature in Hades?

Dreamer Tatum

(10,926 posts)

13. I know Flake, or have known him. His politics are wrong but the man is not a liar.

Reply to gibraltar72 (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:56 PM

Jan 2018

and you can ban me if you want, doesn't change the fact that he has personal integrity.

If he says something happened, I believe him. Doesn't mean I agree with his stance.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,027 posts)

7. The first WH response and for a long time did not deny the "shithole countries" statement.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 08:48 PM

Jan 2018

... until the criticism got too much for even tRump and so they found two toady Republicon Senators who would deny "hearing" him say it.

keithbvadu2

(36,869 posts)

8. If they don't remember, they cannot honestly say Trump did or did not say it.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:20 PM

Jan 2018

If they do remember, they lied.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

9. We shouldn't care that he said shithole or asshole or f**k, or

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:21 PM

Jan 2018

whatever.
It is the CONTEXT!!
Of course WE all know that. But THEY do not. OR they twist what happened. DUH !!!

OK Monday everybody call their reps and senate types

oasis

(49,398 posts)

10. Perdue&Cotton traded their credibility to save Trump's honor.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:27 PM

Jan 2018

How stupid is that shit?

Enoki33

(1,587 posts)

12. Dotard has no honor, therefore there is nothing to be saved. An earlier

Reply to oasis (Reply #10)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:42 PM

Jan 2018

poster correctly noted he is once again manipulating the narrative. He has calculated that the charge of being a unapologetic racist is preferable to that of national traitor.

oxbow

(2,034 posts)

11. Its becoming about his honesty now.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:40 PM

Jan 2018

Put aside the deplorable context of it. This is evidence of his lying nature. Stormy Daniels is evidence of his openness to being blackmailed (1 of over 100 women, if Wolff is to be believed). So why should anyone believe him about the Russian tapes, (tales of which are an “open secret” over there)?