WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Dick Durbin issued the following press release:
In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke about President Donald Trump finally admitting that he used the slur "shithole countries" to denigrate Haiti and African nations during a 2018 meeting in the Oval Office that Durbin attended. Trump admitted (https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-denied-slur-haiti-african-nations-now-boasts-128266308) to this comment during his rally in Pennsylvania last night. Following the 2018 meeting, Durbin was criticized (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/trump-shithole-dick-durbin-responds-340684?lo=ap_f1) by Senator Tom Cotton (...