Does anyone care about the integrity of our government and the obvious lying? Whether it comes from the left or right it seems to be rampant in DC. To the point of being normalized by the politicians and accepted by the people. Do we honestly expect anything good to come from this?
I can't deny that I agree with the President about these countries and some of the immigrants that come from them but what I can't agree with is the stupidity of saying it out loud at a meeting using crude language with dems present. And I am most disturbed by the lying about it both from the President and some of those present at the meeting who started out with amnesia and then admitted that he said it but another form of the word. If this is what we are accepting now from our leaders there is no hope left for us.
There were plenty of ways the President could have gotten the point across without using this kind of incendiary language. A genius or very smart man would know how to parse his words, realize he was speaking to a mixed audience and use the power of persuasion. Instead he chooses the lowest basest form of speech. This shows ignorance not brilliance. Of course the left and the media are going to be foaming at the mouth to report this and raise as much brouhaha as possible. A smart man would have known this as well. So he accomplished two things at this meeting. Getting a rise out of his supporters who will excuse anything he says and believe anything he says and increasing the ire towards him from everyone else and perhaps ruining any chances for meaningful immigration reform.
Donald Trump is fond of throwing out red meat for his supporters in the form of using controversial language. Time and time again however it has come back to bite him. The only thing gained from this is the continued support of true believers. Anyone else is disgusted by it. In the end the policy is ignored and the media storm is getting all the attention. It does more harm than good. Most people by now would learn from their mistakes. Trump seems to be unable to do that and continues to repeat them piling on a whole bunch of people who wouldn't vote for him if he was the last man running. Sorry, I see no "genius" in that and this is one of the reasons why people will think he is unfit for the job. For us, it has nothing to do with the naughty word he used and everything to do with his continued problem with his mouth and honesty.
I care about the integrity of our government and the lying. I despise the constant lying, falsehoods, misleading statements, and/or distractions from this Administration. I don’t care about curse words. I use them all the time, but the description of primarily African American countries as a “sh**hole†(or perhaps “sh**houseâ€) could be interpreted as racist especially when it’s done in the context of preferring immigrants from somewhere like Norway.
Even setting that aside, I’m much more concerned with two US Senators who issued a statement the day after the meeting that they couldn’t recall the President using that term. Really? The next day you couldn’t remember? That doesn’t seem plausible to me. Then Perdue suddenly remembers by Sunday that Trump definitely did NOT use that term. Really?
Now we have the DHS Secretary testifying under oath that the President definitely did not use the word “sh**holeâ€, but that “Ah, let’s see. Strong language, there was — I apologize, I don’t remember a specific word.†Again, this just isn’t plausible to me: she knows he didn’t say “sh**holeâ€, but she doesn’t remember what profanity he did use? Sheesh and this under oath.
