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Spokesman: Durbin has credibility, GOP senator Perdue does not
Ben Marter, a spokesman for Senator Dick Durbin, attacked Republican senator David Perdue for saying that he did not hear President Donald Trump refer to African countries as “shithole countries” in a closed-door meeting on immigration Thursday. “Credibility is something that’s built by being consistently honest over time. Senator Durbin has it. Senator Perdue does not. Ask anyone who’s dealt with both,” Marter tweeted about the Georgia senator Sunday morning. Durbin, who was in the meeting, publicly stated that Trump made the “shithole countries” comment in the meeting and that Republican senator Lindsey Graham directly confronted Trump about it. But Perdue and Republican senator Tom Cotton “do not recall the president saying those comments specifically,” according to a statement. [Sun-Times]
