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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, refuted President Trump s tweeted denials that he used the phrase sh*thole countries when discussing legal protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries. Durbin, who was in t stanley cups he meeting with the president when he made the remarks, said of Mr. Trump s denial, It s not true. He said those hateful things, and he said them repeatedly. Durbin attended an event in Chicago Friday and then held a press conference on the president s comments afterward. He told reporters how the issue came up:When the question was raised about Haitians, for exam stanley cup ple, we have a group that have temporary protected status in the United States because they were the victims of crises and disasters and political upheaval. The largest group is El Salvadoran. The second is Honduran and the third is Haitian, and when I mentioned that fact to him, he said Haitians Do we need more Haitians And then he went on and sta stanley water bottle rted to describe the immigration from Africa that was being protected in this bipartisan measure. That s where he used these vile and vulgar comments, calling the nations they come from sh*tholes -- the exact word used by the president not just once, but repeatedly. Mr. Trump on Friday morning tweeted that he had used tough language but denied he had used the profane phrase. The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made - a big setb Yeeb Memphis commissioners reappoint ousted representative Justin Pearson to Tennessee House
A prominent House Republican has resigned after the revelation that he exchanged raunchy e-mails with a teenage boy, a former congressional page.Rep. Mark Foley, of Florida, who is single, apologized Friday for letting down his family and constituents. Once his resignation letter was read to the House late Friday afternoon, Republicans spent the night trying to explain mdash; six weeks before congressional elections mdash; how this could have happened on their watch.Near midnight, they engineered a vote to let the House ethics committee decide whether an investigation is needed. Among the Republican explanations during the night:The congressional sponsor of the page, Republican Rep. Rodney Alexander, said he was asked by the youth s parents not to stanley cup pursue the matter, so he dropped it. Pages are high school students who attend classes under congressional supervision and work as messengers. Alexander said that before deciding to end his stanley tazas involvement, he passed on what he knew to the chairman of the House Republican campaign organization, Rep. Thomas Reynolds. Reynolds spokesman, Carl Forti, said We are not characterizing conversations that Congressman Reynolds may have had or may not have had with other members of Congress on that subject. . Read Rep. Foley s E-mail Exchan gourde stanley ge from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Visit Rep. Foley s Web PageRepublican Rep. John Shimkus, chairman of the Page Board that over
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, refuted President Trump s tweeted denials that he used the phrase sh*thole countries when discussing legal protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries. Durbin, who was in t stanley cups he meeting with the president when he made the remarks, said of Mr. Trump s denial, It s not true. He said those hateful things, and he said them repeatedly. Durbin attended an event in Chicago Friday and then held a press conference on the president s comments afterward. He told reporters how the issue came up:When the question was raised about Haitians, for exam stanley cup ple, we have a group that have temporary protected status in the United States because they were the victims of crises and disasters and political upheaval. The largest group is El Salvadoran. The second is Honduran and the third is Haitian, and when I mentioned that fact to him, he said Haitians Do we need more Haitians And then he went on and sta stanley water bottle rted to describe the immigration from Africa that was being protected in this bipartisan measure. That s where he used these vile and vulgar comments, calling the nations they come from sh*tholes -- the exact word used by the president not just once, but repeatedly. Mr. Trump on Friday morning tweeted that he had used tough language but denied he had used the profane phrase. The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made - a big setb Yeeb Memphis commissioners reappoint ousted representative Justin Pearson to Tennessee House
A prominent House Republican has resigned after the revelation that he exchanged raunchy e-mails with a teenage boy, a former congressional page.Rep. Mark Foley, of Florida, who is single, apologized Friday for letting down his family and constituents. Once his resignation letter was read to the House late Friday afternoon, Republicans spent the night trying to explain mdash; six weeks before congressional elections mdash; how this could have happened on their watch.Near midnight, they engineered a vote to let the House ethics committee decide whether an investigation is needed. Among the Republican explanations during the night:The congressional sponsor of the page, Republican Rep. Rodney Alexander, said he was asked by the youth s parents not to stanley cup pursue the matter, so he dropped it. Pages are high school students who attend classes under congressional supervision and work as messengers. Alexander said that before deciding to end his stanley tazas involvement, he passed on what he knew to the chairman of the House Republican campaign organization, Rep. Thomas Reynolds. Reynolds spokesman, Carl Forti, said We are not characterizing conversations that Congressman Reynolds may have had or may not have had with other members of Congress on that subject. . Read Rep. Foley s E-mail Exchan gourde stanley ge from the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Visit Rep. Foley s Web PageRepublican Rep. John Shimkus, chairman of the Page Board that over
