White House denies report that Trump said Haitian immigrants 'all have AIDS'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JOSH DELK - 12/23/17 04:48 PM EST

The White House firmly denied a New York Times report on Saturday claiming that President Trump said that Haitian immigrants "all have AIDS," among other inflammatory comments.

The Times reported that Trump lashed out at top aides and Cabinet officials in a June meeting in which he bemoaned the influx of immigrants despite his travel ban on Muslim-majority countries, which he said damaged the credibility of his vow to secure the border.

"General Kelly, General McMaster, Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Nielsen and all other senior staff actually in the meeting deny these outrageous claims and it's both sad and telling The New York Times would print the lies of their anonymous 'sources' anyway," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement to the newspaper.

Six officials who attended or had knowledge of the meeting told the Times that Trump read from a list of the latest statistics on immigration since taking office in January.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/366323-white-house-denies-report-that-trump-said-haitian-immigrants-all

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[thegoose]

1. So ridiculous that they deny it

Dump is a racist pig who's revealed his scumbaginess time and time again.

And hey, Scary Huckacreep -- have Tillerson, McMasters, Nielson and the rest of them come out and deny it themselves. I'm sure we'd just hear crickets.

[hibbing]

2. Another day, another lie n/t

[madaboutharry]

3. Everyone already knows "The White House" can't tell the truth.

Everything they say is a lie.

[exboyfil]

8. But will someone go on the record?

These reports are not constructive until that happens. Individuals take a political risk, but I would prefer that they step up.

[RKP5637]

4. Poor little Donald. Everyone else is a liar, he is just such a pillar of truth and morality!

NOT!!!

[Archae]

5. Unlike the ambassador to the Netherlands...

We have no video of Trump saying this.

So we have no confirmation, and thus it's only rumor so far.

Unlike right-wingers, who have the "guilt by accusation," I'm going to say this does sound like bullcrap, Trump did not say that.

[DonViejo]

9. So you're saying the NYT's sources, one of whom attended

the meeting, are liars and the NYT is "fake news"?

[thegoose]

10. That's right

We have Orange Julius Caesar on video saying "Mexicans are rapists" and "Moose-limbs (as he pronounces it) are terrorists." And don't forget Pocahontas. Now add "Haitians all have AIDS" and "Nigerians need to go back to their huts."

See how seamlessly it all fits together?

[Archae]

11. No. I just want to see confimation, not just rumors.

Otherwise we are just as bad as the ditwits from the right-wing, with the "guilt by accusation."

[OilemFirchen]

14. Yeah, well, maybe.

This is not WingnutDaily. The NYT still, to the best of my knowledge, adheres to journalistic ethics and norms. Notably, they second-source unless it's impossible. In this case, they've sixth-sourced.

[Archae]

15. Except when they don't.

I have yet to see any contrition from the "WMD in Iraq" fiasco from them.

Hence my calling for confirmation.

[OilemFirchen]

16. They're not perfect. They may have been hoodwinked by these anonymous sources.

And we may never know. I don't think it's a huge deal either way, so believing them over the WH doesn't diminish anyone, and certainly doesn't put anyone on par with the notoriously disingenuous right-wing.

[Vinca]

6. Let's see. 99.9% of the time they lie, but now we should believe them.

Maybe the folks in Trumphumperville will buy it.

[Ligyron]

7. His supporters believe the same thing.

Ain't them Hate-shuns black too?

[djacq]

12. Denial vs Obvious Lies

How about denying all these other lies?;

[link:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/10/president-trump-has-made-1318-false-or-misleading-claims-over-263-days/|

Or about denying the truth about the Tax Bill?

[link:http://theweek.com/articles/744229/republicans-have-just-passed-worst-tax-bill-american-history|

Oh! How about Rep. Fredricka Wilson getting that apology?

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/oct/20/john-kelly/fact-checking-john-kelly-frederica-wilsons-2015-sp/

[dewsgirl]

13. Did anyone think they would admit it?