Tag: Racism

"I did not hear that word either ... I didn't hear it and I was sitting no further away from President Trump than Sen. [Dick] Dubin was," Cotton told CBS News. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Tom Cotton ‘didn’t hear’ Trump say Haiti and African nations are ‘shithole countries’

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2018 4:40 pm

"He intimidates people, and people need to stand up and punch him back, punch him back rhetorically," Terry McAuliffe said of Trump. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Terry McAuliffe: People need to stand up and punch Trump back ‘rhetorically’

Naomi Lim · January 14, 2018 4:32 pm

Rand Paul: Trump isn’t prejudiced against Haiti because he helped fund my medical mission trip there

Kyle Feldscher · January 14, 2018 4:19 pm

"I still think that he should apologize. I think that there are people that are looking for an apology. And I think that that would show real leadership," Love said. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mia Love: Trump should still apologize for his ‘heartbreaking’ comments, can’t ‘defend the indefensible’

Naomi Lim · January 14, 2018 3:51 pm

"[W]e must learn to live together as brothers and sisters, if not, we will perish as fools," Lewis said. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

John Lewis won’t attend Trump’s first State of the Union: ‘I think he is a racist’

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2018 3:43 pm

"Let me put it to you this way. Mental instability, mendacity, bigotry," Xavier Becerra said. "Having any one of those is the White House is dangerous. Having the combination? That's lethal." (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

California attorney general calls Trump’s presence in the Oval Office ‘lethal’: ‘He is a racist’

Kyle Feldscher · January 14, 2018 3:26 pm

"I take a little bit of offense to the comments and suggestions that the president is racist," Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen fights off suggestions that Trump is a racist

Kyle Feldscher · January 14, 2018 3:12 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her family's Clinton Foundation is still blamed by many Haitians for the subpar disaster relief efforts after the 2010 earthquake there. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Hillary Clinton is the last person who should be talking about Trump’s remarks on Haiti

Becket Adams · January 13, 2018 5:21 am

The White House has faced international backlash after President Trump was accused of describing Haiti, El Salvador, and impoverished African nations as "shithole countries" during a White House discussion with lawmakers about immigration reform. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump risks staff departures, jeopardizes immigration deal with ‘shithole’ comments

Gabby Morrongiello · January 13, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaking with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Friday, was the latest lawmaker to weigh in on President Trump's remark that certain foreign nations were "shithole countries." (screenshot)

Kamala Harris reacts to ‘shithole’ remark: Trump uses words to ‘demean and belittle’ others

Diana Stancy Correll · January 13, 2018 3:40 am

CNN contributor and former CIA counterterrorism official Philip Mudd appeared opposite Don Lemon Thursday night responding to reports that President Trump had called Haiti, El Salvador, and certain African nations "shithole countries." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

The weirdest, slur-laden response to Trump’s ‘s—-hole’ remarks

Becket Adams · January 13, 2018 1:32 am

Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., pictured right, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., are introducing a resolution to censure President Trump after it was reported Trump made comments about immigrants from "shithole countries." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Two House Democrats to introduce censure resolution in response to Trump’s ‘shithole’ comments

Melissa Quinn · January 13, 2018 1:06 am