Clinton Calls Out Trump’s ‘Ignorant, Racist Views’

at Los Angeles Convention Center on December 15, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 15: Senator Hillary Clinton attends the LA Promise Fund's Girls Build Leadership Summit at Los Angeles Convention Center on December 15, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/WireImage)
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Hillary Clinton called President Donald Trump’s comment about “shithole countries” racist on Friday.

In a tweet commemorating the eight year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, Clinton added: “[W]e‘re subjected to Trump’s ignorant, racist views of anyone who doesn’t look like him.”

Trump reportedly asked lawmakers at a meeting Thursday, referring to Haiti and other countries: “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), who was in attendance, said Trump repeatedly used that language. Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC), also in attendance, told Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) that the Post’s reporting was “basically accurate,” Scott said.

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  1. Oooh, shamed by your opponent…

    That’s gonna leave a mark…

    and lead to another Twitterstorm at 3 am…

  2. “…and your prizes for being a contestant on our game show today are a case of Rice-A-Roni (The San Francisco Treat!), a $250 gift certificate from Van Cleef and Arpel’s, and…A BRAND NEW INTERNET!”:

    Genius. Until today, if you Googled “Trump” and “shithole” all you got were hotel reviews.

    — Grant Hamilton (@Gramiq) January 12, 2018

    Oh, and thanks to Hillary for making Trump look more like a racist asshole, which I really didn’t think was even possible.

  3. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    In a rapidly-deleted follow-on tweet, she raged, “I FUCKING WARNED YOU PEOPLE!!!”

    /sarc

  4. Avatar for tena tena says:

    Damn it, we wanted you, Hillary. Thanks for saying this - thanks for being a moral voice for the country. We need all of them that we can muster.

  5. So, trump has turned the White House into a ‘shithole.’

    Make American More Racist! MAMR.

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