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President Trump on Sunday told reporters that he is “the least racist person you will ever interview,” pushing back against claims of racism after it was reported that he referred to Haiti and certain African nations as “shithole countries” during a meeting on immigration in the White House last week.
Trump told reporters while entering Trump International Golf Course, “No. I’m not a racist. I’m the least racist person you will ever interview. That I can tell you.”
"Did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments? They were not made," he added, referring to Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) who were at the meeting in question and have denied the President made the derogatory remark.
Trump defended himself on Twitter on Friday, saying that he “never said anything derogatory about Haitians other than Haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country.”
He added that that the language he used during the meeting was “tough,” but that he didn’t use the language that was being reported.
Trump tweeted on Sunday that he wants “people coming into our Country who are going to help us become strong and great again” and that he doesn’t believe that Democrats actually want a deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program given all of the public relations chaos that has ensued.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told the press last week that President Trump did say what the media was reporting and condemned his comments as “hate-filled, vile and racist.”
Sen. Cotton in an interview on Sunday said that Trump did not make the "shithole countries" remark and that “it’s a gross misrepresentation.”
Both Cotton and Perdue issued a statement on Friday saying that they “do not recall the President saying these comments specifically but what he did call out was the imbalance in our current immigration system.”
Trump continues to deal with a firestorm of criticism surrounding the alleged remark.
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