{"id":455622,"date":"2018-01-16T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/16\/donald-trump-takes-on-dick-durbin-over-racial-slur\/"},"modified":"2018-01-16T08:00:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T08:00:22","slug":"donald-trump-takes-on-dick-durbin-over-racial-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/16\/donald-trump-takes-on-dick-durbin-over-racial-slur\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump takes on Dick Durbin over &#8216;racial slur&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-281231\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n<figure><img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/TRUMP-CHARGE-750x430.jpg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a Bollywood-themed charity concert put on by the Republican Hindu Coalition in Edison, New Jersey, U.S. October 15, 2016. REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-top bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1 bsac-hide-on-phone bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-desktop\">\n<div id=\"bsac-277964-1990247656\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image  bsac-hide-on-desktop bsac-hide-on-tablet-portrait bsac-hide-on-tablet-landscape bsac-hide-on-phone\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"277964\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/top-banner-web-renault.jpg\" alt=\"Renault\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">President Donald Trump has said he was \u201ctotally misrepresented\u201d by those saying he used the term \u201cshithole\u201d to describe African nations last week.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump also said the allegation was hurting efforts to strike a deal to protect so-called Dreamer immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>The president was responding to a claim by Democratic Senator Dick Durbin that he used \u201cvile and racist\u201d language during a meeting on immigration reform.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged remarks sparked global outrage and demands that he apologise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no other word one can use but racist,\u201d said a UN spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, two senators who said he did indeed use the disparaging remark stood by their account of what took place.<\/p>\n<p>The row broke out after Republican and Democratic lawmakers visited the president in the Oval Office on Thursday to work on a proposal for an immigration deal.<\/p>\n<p>A key issue they need to agree on is what to do with an Obama-era scheme that protects some 800,000 young people who entered the US illegally as children \u2013 known as the Dreamers.<\/p>\n<p>But the alleged slur was uttered during another topic for discussion \u2013 the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) given to a number of nationalities currently living in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks the Trump administration has made a series of announcements that have brought that status to an end.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-159837874\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Telesol-new-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1136575713042949\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\t\t(function () {<\/p>\n<p>    function appendFbScript() {\n        var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk',\n            fjs = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];<\/p>\n<p>        if (document.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = document.createElement('script');\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=298184353996497&version=v2.0\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);<\/p>\n<p>        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                appId: '298184353996497',\n                xfbml: true,\n                version: 'v2.0'\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.create', function (comment_data) {\n                console.log(comment_data);\n                update_comments_count();\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.remove', function (comment_data) {\n                update_comments_count();\n            });<\/p>\n<p>            function update_comments_count(comment_data, comment_action) {\n                jQuery.ajax({\n                        type: 'GET',\n                        dataType: 'json',\n                        url: 'http:\/\/starrfmonline.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php',\n                        data: {\n                            action: 'clear_better_facebook_comments',\n                            post_id: '281231'\n                        },\n                        success: function (data) {\n                            \/\/ todo sync comments count here! 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REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst President Donald Trump has said he was \u201ctotally misrepresented\u201d by those saying he used the term \u201cshithole\u201d to describe African nations last week. 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