Fake news has recently sprung up regarding President Donald Trump’s alleged use of the term “shithole,” claiming that Senator Dick Durbin has “revealed why he lied about Trump saying” the word.
The Washington Post broke the original story of Trump’s comments, reporting that:
Durbin, who was one of the lawmakers in the meeting, confirmed that the comments used in the Post’s story were accurate. “And then he went on when he started to describe the immigration from Africa…calling the nations they come from ‘sh*tholes,’” Durbin told reporters on Friday. “That was the nature of this conversation.”
That’s where the fake news enters the scene. Capitol Conservative ran the headline, “Sen. Dick Durbin Just Revealed Why He Lied About Trump Saying ‘S***hole.’” The story shifts to stating that Durbin, during an event celebrating Martin Luther King on Monday, “practically admitted that he used the ‘S***hole’ accusation as a bargaining chip in the DACA negotiations.”
The senator did nothing of the sort.
Durbin, in fact, told reporters on Monday that, contrary to some speculation, it was not “shithouse” that he claims to have heard, but “shithole.”
“Could it have been either word then?” a reporter asked Durbin. “No,” the senator replied. “I stick with my original interpretation. I am stunned that this is their defense.”
Sen Durbin this morning stands by his previous comments about what Pres Trump said in DACA meeting pic.twitter.com/AAgCEfBCJW— Tony Arnold (@tonyjarnold) January 15, 2018
Reports that Durbin “revealed why he lied” about Trump’s comment are false.
And this fake news stinks.
