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It is pretty obvious that Durbin said something stupid in the meeting and is trying to cover his ass. Otherwise, he would provide the transcripts.
Actually, it's pretty obvious that the GOP Administration said something pretty offensive at the meeting and everyone there knows it.
Can’t make this up. Two of six senators said the comment wasn’t made and no one said anything. WoW. How do you get through life?
And they both said so on broadcast TV Sunday
They said they didn't remember that WORD being used. They were very careful to phrase it that way. I watched those interviews. No one denied the President's meaning by whatever words he used. If it had been false, JC, the WH and the President would have been flat out denying it within minutes. The Pres made the WH wait until the media had it's teeth sunk in deep the next day before saying that "wasn't the language used," which is a tricky way to say he basically said it but maybe not using the exact words being quoted. They couldn't deny it because Trump wouldn't let them because I'm positive he was saying to them, "What's wrong with what I said?" "Why should I deny it?" By the next morning when he realized countries all over the world were going ape shit over it, he had to try to squirm out of it. But he didn't do much to deny it except hint maybe he used different words to express the same point.