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Graham: ‘My memory hasn’t evolved’ on meeting where Trump referred to ‘****hole countries’
Although we don't agree on much, kudos to GOP Senator Graham for not placing party above the ugly truth, and rejecting Trumps verbal assaults on common human decency and core American values.
by BENJY SARLIN
NBC News
JAN 15 2018
Senator Lindsey Graham (R/SC)
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told a South Carolina newspaper on Monday that his "memory hasn’t evolved" about the White House meeting in which President Donald Trump reportedly referred to African nations as "****hole countries." In an interview with The Post and Courier, Graham seemed to challenge the accounts of fellow Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia, who attended the bipartisan meeting last Thursday with Graham and have given shifting defenses of the president’s comments. After initially staying quiet, the two Trump-allied lawmakers issued a joint statement the day after the meeting saying they did not “recall” what the president had said. But in separate TV interviews Sunday, they outright denied that Trump had made the comments. “I know what was said and I know what I said,” Graham said Monday.
While Graham has not directly confirmed Trump's remarks, he issued a statement praising Durbin after the lawmaker spoke to reporters Friday. Graham also noted he told Trump in the meeting that America is “not defined by its people, but by its ideals.” “It’s pretty embarrassing when you have to take your children out of the room just to report the news,” he said. The fallout over Trump’s alleged remarks continues abroad as well, where leaders and diplomats representing Haiti, El Salvador and a multitude of African countries have expressed outrage. On Monday, Nigeria’s foreign minister confirmed to Reuters that the government had summoned the United States ambassador to clarify Trump’s remarks.
Although we don't agree on much, kudos to GOP Senator Graham for not placing party above the ugly truth, and rejecting Trumps verbal assaults on common human decency and core American values.
