GOP Sen. David Perdue: Trump Never Said “Shithole”

The Washington Examiner reports:

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., repeatedly said Sunday morning that reports President Trump referred to Haiti and various African countries as “shithole countries” during a meeting with senators this week on immigration was a “gross misrepresentation.”

Perdue use the phrase “gross misrepresentation” several times during an interview with ABC’s “This Week.”

Asked repeatedly if the president specifically used the words “shithole country,” Perdue, who was present at the meeting, eventually said, “I am telling you that he did not use those words.”

The White House had not denied that Trump said it.