NSFW: Sh!thole President shows his bigot colors, attacks immigrants
WaPo:
President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting.
“Why are we having all these people from sh!thole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met Wednesday.
Well, let’s see:
- Some are fleeing poverty.
- Some are felling natural disasters.
- Some are fleeing oppression.
- Some want a better life for their families and children.
- Practically all of them see America as a shining city on a hill. And we are not referring to Moscow, by the way, Mr. Trump.
The White House is not denying Trump’s Tourette’s outburst:
NEW: WH response to reported “shithole” countries comment from @POTUS (note: not a denial that he said it.) pic.twitter.com/1QpWqRl0jl
— Hallie Jackson (@HallieJackson) January 11, 2018
The famous-for-stiffing-contractors real estate mogul’s comments did not go over well on social media.
Congratulations to everyone who had “SHITHOLE COUNTRIES” in your Racist President Bingo card!
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 11, 2018
I’m an immigrant with Russian Jewish roots born and raised in China. Those were shithole countries not long ago, Mr. President. Guess my kind isn’t welcome in @realDonaldTrump’s fake America. You, sir, are full of shit.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 11, 2018
This is the perfect definition of a racist statement. President @realDonaldTrump said the following: “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”
— JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) January 11, 2018
This is so offensive and just shows that @realDonaldTrump is no “stable genius.” And in case you wondered, he clearly has no interest in addressing #DACA. https://t.co/r1Me9kRSHj
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 11, 2018
My ancestors left shithole countries to come here, too. Peasant serfdom in Scotland. Famine-stricken Ireland.
What “shithole countries” did your ancestors come from?
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) January 11, 2018
OK, so, the word “shithole” is now on a CNN chyron.
— Greg Tepper (@Tepper) January 11, 2018
My ancestors came from one of Trump’s “shithole” countries with no running water, no indoor toilets, rampant poverty and famine. Ireland. That was back when Trump’s family name was still Drumf and they lived in a “shithole” country. https://t.co/G5fbV4bJ8A
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) January 11, 2018
My parents came from one of those countries. https://t.co/tfRRghQflJ
— Tom Perez (@TomPerez) January 11, 2018
Didn’t Trump also call the White House a ‘shithole’? Can we remove him from the country too? pic.twitter.com/DkkVzOmIou
— William “Deep State” LeGate 🌊 (@williamlegate) January 11, 2018
The “shithole” country I’m from is called Ethiopia. One of the oldest civilizations and the birthplace of all mankind. If it’s a shithole, then that’s because it’s filled with the fertilizer that all humanity grew from, motherfucker!
— Solomon Georgio (@solomongeorgio) January 11, 2018
Today’s winner of “teh Intertubes”: Rep. Mark Pocan!
The real question is why we allow presidents from sh*thole companies like the Trump Organization https://t.co/OHD7rLPHwK
— Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) January 11, 2018
