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1/15/2018

Lindsey Graham: My Memory Has Not “Evolved” on Whether Trump Said “Sh*tholes”

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 11:45 am



Senator Lindsey Graham has weighed in on the sh*tholes controversy that has dominated Trumpworld during the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. Sen. Graham would not directly answer the question whether Trump used the term “sh*tholes” (or “sh*thole countries” or “sh*thouse countries) to describe certain African countries. But the implication is clear:

In his most extensive comments yet about Thursday’s explosive Oval Office meeting, the Seneca Republican again declined to confirm whether Trump specifically used the term “sh*thole” to describe the countries.

But, in what appeared to be a direct jab at Sens. Tom Cotton and David Perdue, Graham said, “My memory hasn’t evolved. I know what was said and I know what I said.” Sen. Tim Scott, R-North Charleston, said Friday that Graham told him media reports of what Trump said were “basically accurate.”

After initially saying they could not recall what the president said, Perdue of Georgia and Cotton of Arkansas said Sunday that Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who said he heard the “sh*thole countries” comment, was misrepresenting Trump’s remarks. They also contradicted Graham, who has not denied reports about Trump’s comment.

. . . .

When Trump made the incendiary remark, Graham spoke up, telling the president that “America is an idea, not a race.”

I have bleeped out the profanity in the quote. This is a family blog after all!

You don’t have to like Lindsey Graham or what he stands for. At least he’s consistent. His positions don’t evolve. They remain rock solid, through thick and thin.

Oh, right.

[Cross-posted at RedState and The Jury Talks Back.]

53 Responses to “Lindsey Graham: My Memory Has Not “Evolved” on Whether Trump Said “Sh*tholes””

  1. closet boy’s a goddamn profile in courage

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  2. What does that mean he either did or didn’t this isn’t like gooses little Arab spring fling. Of course he is in favor of the full amnesty platter, that’s why the top men put 7 candidates in the primary

    narciso (d1f714)

  3. @1. Mr. Trump is the fella from Queens, Mr. Feet.

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  4. Can the level of political discourse get any more buffoonish, than for our federal elected representatives (and just about the entirety of the public media) to be arguing over whether Trump said this or that vulgarity, or said either?

    This is totally stupid. And a waste of time when there are so many other pressing issues pending.

    ColoComment (0ce172)

  5. Apparently not all other issues are settled, veruca salt proves it.

    narciso (d1f714)

  6. All things considered niki Healey seems to be the moat serious figure from that state.

    narciso (d1f714)

  7. President Trump’s a bold leader in uncertain times Mr. DCSCA

    Princes Lindsey, on the other hand, is a filthy virtue-signaling ex-military liar what’s doing his bit to ass-jack the pathetic DACA hordes, thinking they can get a better deal later so he can do hepatitis immigrants all up in South Carolina

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  8. ugh i did a misspeller!

    *Princes* Lindsey is supposed to be *Princess* Lindsey (as in pretty pretty)

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  9. It’s Time To Call A Truce In The Outrage Wars, Or We All Lose.

    The liberty our Constitution grants us will not endure if our culture devolves into endlessly shrieking outrage mobs and economic tribalism. The solution isn’t another law, but for us to be better citizens and persons. That is the burden of liberty. The First Amendment protects us from government interference with speech, but cultivating a culture of free speech is up to us.

    Potty words during private meetings and all…

    crazy (d99a88)

  10. He was a renowned JAG lawyer.

    WTF happened? Politics and DC.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  11. he wasn’t renowned at all he was just a dumpy average unremarkable lawyer cause they wouldn’t let him near the real military (this was back before gay people could serve)

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  12. Speaking of misplaced outrage:

    Sean Penn on Trump in a Time op-ed:

    “is an enemy of Americans, Republicans, Democrats, Independents and every new child born. An enemy of mankind.”

    Spicoli somehow forgets he touted Hugo Chavez as a miracle worker.

    harkin (8256c3)

  13. Sean Penn beat the fiddlesticks out of his wife who went on to become a famous singer

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  14. He seems not have been nonplussed by the 50,000 dead in 2000.

    narciso (d1f714)

  15. You’re gonna compare an emerging 2nd World country to the US, Harkin?

    Oh yes the impact is virtually similar.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  16. los angeles is very much a third whirl city Mr. Admiral (hepatitis and slow internet)

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  17. Ot, this who Santos is enabling near the equator:

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36610281

    narciso (d1f714)

  18. In stead of pouring water he throws a match:
    https://babalublog.com/2018/01/15/how-martin-luther-king-jr-rejected-violence-and-che-guevaras-guerrilla-warfare/

    As opposed to the fellow this day is dedicated to.Yes he was more focused on equality of result rather than mere opportunity but still when you consider sharpton Tyson and Mckesson its very distressing.

    narciso (d1f714)

  19. Roy Cohn, the slimy lawyer who unintentionally helped make “McCarthyism” American for “smear,” once sued Martin Luther King Jr. … for libel.

    King died with the suit unresolved. Just three weeks after his assassination, Gilligan v. King furthered the liberalization of our libel standards Donald Trump is now attacking.

    Of course, according to mainstream media-mirroring America, a bout pitting America’s smearmeister general, “Citizen Cohn,” against America’s civil rights martyr Dr. King, is as morally lopsided as Donald Trump running against, say, Oprah Winfrey, for president. Yet fair judges took Cohn’s complaint seriously.

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-trump-hatchet-man-roy-cohn-sued-martin-luther-king-for-libel

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  20. if you like your sh!thole country, you can keep it.

    Pinandpuller (550d0a)

  21. Under everyone’s chair today is a Haitian immigrant. You get an immigrant! And you get an immigrant! And you get an immigrant!

    Why were Dick n Lindsey pushing preferences for them? I don’t get it. South Carolina is for lovers.

    Pinandpuller (550d0a)

  22. No clue, but you know press is always reliable:

    https://mobile.twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/952988649834123264?p=v

    narciso (d1f714)

  23. Dick and Lindsey are couple of sh!thouse toe tappers who miss their friend from the great state of Idaho.

    Pinandpuller (550d0a)

  24. 14… Fast Times at Waste of Space High

    Colonel Haiku (6724fa)

  25. Estranged work wife Quanisha is first generation Haitian American Betty Boop, what a dish! Betty Grable, nice game! F*** Hitler! As you can tell her mom absorbed the local culture.

    As soon as they legalize plural marriage I’m going to make an honest woman of her.

    Pinandpuller (550d0a)

  26. Heard you got a bad infection
    just before your lewd rejection
    wait’ll the sh!t hits the fan
    you couldn’t turn his mouth off
    Now hold your laptop above your knees
    and kiss your soft legs short hairs
    he’s reality show star
    you couldn’t turn his mouth off
    she was a crooked girl
    you were her cheerleader
    but i’d hoped you were much smarter now

    Read more: Little Feat – The Fan Lyrics | MetroLyrics

    Colonel Haiku (6724fa)

  27. FBI probe into Russian uranium bribes concealed by Obama DOJ; Mueller, McCabe, Rosenstein all involved…

    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-15/fbi-probe-russian-uranium-bribes-concealed-obama-doj-mueller-mccabe-rosenstein

    Colonel Haiku (6724fa)

  28. The wrong Penn brother survived, I’m just going to say it.

    Pinandpuller (550d0a)

  29. http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a15165611/martin-luther-king-radical-legacy/

    Dr. King hung floodlights on the gap between America’s promises and America’s reality.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  30. Uranus One is haiku’s ultimate destination. He’s going Coach so the headroom is scarce.

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  31. Penn should tell her..

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  32. You know what they call a politician who remains true to some ideal, no matter what?

    It begins with “Former”

    Kevin M (752a26)

  33. cowardslut war hero John McCain, who’s actually helped *create* more than a few poophole countries in his time, says President Trump was naughty, saying what he said

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  34. I vote we limit happyfeet to one ad hominum per thread.

    Kevin M (752a26)

  35. these aren’t hominums these are trashy-assed senators

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  36. she’s awfully whiny now, but where was army bimbo Tulsi Gabbard when Obama was doing eff all about north korea?

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  37. Hawaii rep: Button mistake could’ve brought us to ‘brink of nuke war’

    this is how in touch with reality army bimbo Tulsi Gabbard is

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  38. She’s on my watch list for hotties who talk good. Dumbing down to FOX. Well, it seems to work on the tards

    Admiral Ben Bunsen Burner (e96021)

  39. you can’t say that word it’s banned

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  40. If L.A. is Mos Eisley, Hawaii is Corruscant (yes, I was googling Tulsi).

    urbanleftbehind (1d0126)

  41. no it’s more like naboo,

    narciso (d1f714)

  42. South Carolingians understand subsistence labor not to mention chain migration.

    nk (dbc370)

  43. Sounds nasty, nk.

    Colonel Haiku (6724fa)

  44. 8.President Trump’s a bold leader in uncertain times Mr. DCSCA

    Transitional, not transsexual, eh Mr. Feet!

    DCSCA (797bc0)

  45. why not both

    he contains multitudes!

    happyfeet (28a91b)

  46. 46, but does that mean any male pol they produce has to succumb to That? Check on Gowdy in about 6 or 7 years…

    urbanleftbehind (1d0126)

  47. You would diss a Hawaiian national guard vet in Iraq, quelled surprised Al asad

    narciso (d1f714)

  48. Problem for most everybody in this deal being Haiti and some of those African countries are shitholes. If they weren’t the smart people who had the bad luck to be born there wouldn’t be so keen on leaving.

    Thud Muffle (5a4596)

  49. Tomato? Tomaato? Shit holes? Hell holes? Lindsey Graham.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSUbOXgw50M

    This is political correctness weaponized and run amok to destroy actual adult debate. GLZ.

    Gary L. Zerman (ab669e)

  50. Mille mercis pour tout.
    Tu es incroyable, mille bisous pour toi.

    voyance gratuite mail serieuse (b931a8)


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