Well, Hot Air’s Allahpundit called it:
JFC we’re about to enter a “Which countries are shitholes?” news cycle, aren’t we https://t.co/2mdr9DIitZ
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) January 11, 2018
Yep. As Twitchy reported, the White House isn’t denying a report that President Trump asked at an Oval Office meeting regarding immigration, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”
Exclusive: Trump attacks protections for immigrants from "shithole" countries in Oval Office meeting https://t.co/R1aOB8EAGB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 11, 2018
Trump is certainly going to take a beating in the press over his comments — not that that’s ever stopped him from opening his mouth before — but we thought it was amusing how quickly Philip Rucker, White House bureau chief at The Washington Post, was reminded of a piece he’d written in 2010 about how special Haiti was to the Clintons.
Today’s “shithole countries” story reminds me of this piece from my way back machine: “Haiti holds a special place in the hearts of Bill and Hillary Clinton" https://t.co/cIbN1Yvhwt
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 11, 2018
Bill & Hillary honeymooned in Haiti. "We just became fascinated with the country,” WJC told me in 2010, right after earthquake. They decorated homes with Haitian art and traveled there again and again. https://t.co/cIbN1Yvhwt
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 11, 2018
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The Clintons even decorated homes with Haitian art! It’s true that the Clintons do have a “special” relationship with the country through the Clinton Foundation:
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/951574355628187649
I thought the Clinton’s fixed Haiti??
— Great and Unmatched Sconnie (@Sjanderson86) January 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/Gardianofcross/status/951578984512331776
Just so we're clear:
-MSM is up in arms because Trump allegedly called Haiti a #shithole
-But MSM has no problem with Clinton Foundation helping to make it that— Mike 'Thomas Paine' Moore (@Thomas1774Paine) January 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/BOB_EWASHINGTON/status/951586298833195008
Maybe Trump’s remark will inspire other journalists to revisit Haiti and do some nice tourism pieces — whenever they do report on Haiti, they always make it sound like such a … well, you know.
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