Tag: Haiti

On Friday, Hillary Clinton criticized President Trump's remarks during a bipartisan immigration meeting, tweeting that instead of remembering the eighth anniversary of Haiti's earthquake, "We're subjected to Trump's ignorant, racist views of anyone who doesn't look like him." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Hillary Clinton calls Trump ‘ignorant’ and ‘racist’ after ‘shithole’ remark

Mandy Mayfield · January 12, 2018 7:54 pm

The dean of the Washington National Cathedral condemned President Trump's comments about "shithole countries." The dean said, "It is important to say that as Americans, we are better than this. We are better than the racist generalizations of these comments." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Top official at Washington National Cathedral: Trump’s ‘shithole’ comment is ‘un-American’

Caitlin Yilek · January 12, 2018 7:35 pm

Africans were shocked on Friday to find President Trump had finally taken an interest in their continent. But it wasn't what people had hoped for. Using vulgar language, Trump on Thursday questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and "shithole countries" in Africa rather than places like Norway in rejecting a bipartisan immigration deal. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Beltway Confidential

‘Shithole countries’ do exist, but the president shouldn’t say so

Philip Wegmann · January 12, 2018 7:19 pm

Sen. Tim Scott told a South Carolina newspaper that Sen. Lindsey Graham said the comments that have been widely reported by the press are "basically accurate." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Tim Scott: Lindsey Graham confirmed Trump’s ‘shithole’ comment

Melissa Quinn · January 12, 2018 7:01 pm

Robin Diallo, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, assumed her position last August and is serving until Michele Jeanne Sison takes office. (State Department)

State Department: Reports that US ambassador to Haiti resigned are fake news

Anna Giaritelli · January 12, 2018 6:05 pm

John Feeley, a senior foreign service officer, has served as the ambassador to Panama since January 2016. He joined the State Department in 1990. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

US ambassador to Panama resigns, cannot ‘faithfully’ serve Trump

Melissa Quinn · January 12, 2018 5:31 pm

"I do [think he's racist]. I think at this point the evidence is incontrovertible. It's right there," Michael Steele said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Former RNC chairman Michael Steele: Trump is racist

Melissa Quinn · January 12, 2018 4:50 pm

Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan gave a speech on Labor Day in 1980 from Liberty State Park in New Jersey, with the Statue of Liberty in the background. The speech, in which he twice employs the phrase "make America great again," demonstrates the stark contrast between Reagan and President Trump, and shows how the Republican Party has evolved over the decades. (AP Photo/Walt Zeboski)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s how Ronald Reagan spoke of immigrants when he said he wanted to ‘Make America Great Again’

Philip Klein · January 12, 2018 4:41 pm

President Trump on Friday denied telling lawmakers that U.S. should block immigrants from "shithole countries." Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned Trump's comments, saying, "It's not how a president should behave. Most of all, it's not what a president should believe. We're better than this." (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Joe Biden unleashes on Trump’s ‘shithole’ comment: ‘It’s not how a president should behave’

Caitlin Yilek · January 12, 2018 4:31 pm

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen as President Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy. "In the course of his comments, he said things which were hate-filled, vile and racist," Durbin told reporters Friday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Dick Durbin: Trump made ‘hate-filled, vile and racist’ comments repeatedly

Melissa Quinn · January 12, 2018 3:08 pm

Earlier Friday morning, President Trump rejected reports that he told lawmakers that the U.S. should block immigrants from "shithole" countries, but admitted he used "tough" language in that immigration meeting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: ‘Never said anything derogatory about Haitians’

Anna Giaritelli · January 12, 2018 2:11 pm

After President Trump's alleged comments on suggesting some nations as "shithole" countries, Stephen Colbert said, "Sir, they're not shithole countries. For one, Donald Trump isn't their president." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Colbert: They aren’t ‘shithole’ countries because Trump isn’t their president

Caitlin Yilek · January 12, 2018 1:35 pm