Jake Tapper was trying to shed some light on the comments Trump supposedly made about certain countries being ‘sh*tholes,’ and as you might be able to imagine, the Left is angry at him for being factual about what happened.
They’re not interested in reality or facts, they just want Trump to PAY!
Check it out:
So how and why is President Trump denying the remarks that he reportedly said?
I have some clarifying reporting from a source familiar the meeting. I want to start by saying that this does not make what he said any more acceptable, but it might shed some light on it all. 1/
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 12, 2018
*popcorn*
The president did not refer to Haiti as a “shithole” country according to the source familiar with the meeting… though he DID say it about countries in Africa…
What happened, the source says, is there was a conflation of two different remarks by the president. 2/
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 12, 2018
Wait, you mean Trump didn’t just haul off and say Haiti is a sh*thole and then kick a bunch of puppies while evicting old people from a nursing home?
Color us shocked.
First, when talking about “temporary protected status” countries as part of the immigration deal it was mentioned that Salvadorans, Hondurans and Haitians have that status. 3/
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 12, 2018
Awwww, gotcha.
“Haitians?” the president said. “Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out” —- meaning take them out of the deal.
4/
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 12, 2018
Oh. Well then that makes sense.
Then in a separate part of the conversation when they were referencing the diversity visa lottery, President Trump referred to people coming from Africa as coming from “shithole countries.”
Again, I’m not saying this is better. Just that this is what happened, per my source. 5/
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 12, 2018
Jake is presenting context to the story and stating FACTS.
The nerve.
6/ So that might explain the kinda-pushback from POTUS today. -fin-
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 12, 2018
It must get old being misquoted for a narrative 24/7.
And seriously, what Trump said is not great, but Tapper is catching a bunch of flack for simply reporting the reality of what happened.
And now, for doing his own research, and insisting on some standards, Tapper will be cast as a Trump apologist, rather than as a professional. It’s all so silly. https://t.co/RWlope8BTq
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 12, 2018
It’s ALL silly.
Yes.
Welcome to 2018 (and you thought 2017 was bad).
If you don’t want facts, don’t follow me.
I said this didn’t make it more acceptable. But it is what happened, my source says.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 12, 2018
Boom.
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