Donald Trump is kinda sorta denying having called a swath of nations “shithole countries,” but Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin was in the room, and—without using the words himself—he says Trump absolutely said the “hate-filled, vile, and racist” things Trump is reported to have said. Meaning “shithole countries.” Durbin told reporters (video below):
The president interrupted him several times with questions, and in the course of his comments, said things which were hate-filled, vile, and racist. I use those words advisedly. I understand how powerful they are. But I cannot believe that in the history of the White House, and that Oval Office, any president has ever spoken the words that I personally heard our president speak yesterday. I’ve seen the comments in the press. I have not read one of them that’s inaccurate.
No hedging there. Trump is as disgusting as we knew he was. But where will the Republicans in the room, who heard Trump’s comments, land? Are they going to side with known liar Trump and call Durbin a liar?