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ferred to African nations as ‘‘shithole countries’’ or 
‘‘shithouse countries’’; 
Whereas President Trump suggested that the United States 
should instead allow immigration by more people from 
countries like Norway; 
Whereas after the President’s remarks were made public, the 
White House made no initial effort to deny their accu-
racy, White House staffers predicted that the President’s 
‘‘shithole’’ remark would ‘‘resonate with his base’’, and 
conservative radio host Erick Erickson tweeted that 
President ‘‘Trump himself was calling friends to brag 
about [using vulgar words such as ‘shithole’ or 
‘shithouse’] afterwards. I spoke to one of those friends. 
The President thought it would play well with the base.’’; 
Whereas the Daily Stormer, a notorious neo-Nazi website, 
welcomed President Trump’s comments as being ‘‘encour-
aging and refreshing, as it indicates Trump is more or 
less on the same page with us with regards to race and 
immigration.’’; 
Whereas President Trump’s remarks have been confirmed by 
numerous direct and indirect sources, including— 
(1) Senator Dick Durbin, a participant in the Janu-
ary 11 meeting at the White House, who stated that the 
President had made comments ‘‘which were hate-filled, 
vile, and racist’’, and that ‘‘you’ve seen the comments in 
the press. I’ve not read one of them that’s inac-
curate. . .He said those hate-filled things, and he said 
them repeatedly’’ and confirmed that President Trump 
referred to African nations as ‘‘shitholes not just once, 
but repeatedly’’; 
(2) Senator Lindsay Graham, another participant in 
the January 11 meeting who admonished President 
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Trump for his choice of words during the meeting, telling 
the President, ‘‘America is an idea, not a race’’; and in-
formed Senator Tim Scott that the reported comments by 
the media are ‘‘basically accurate’’; and 
(3) Senator Jeff Flake, who said that he had heard 
about President Trump’s comments from participants in 
the meeting and stated ‘‘they said those words were used 
before those words went public’’; 
Whereas two other participants in the January 11 meeting, 
Senator Tom Cotton and David Perdue, issued a state-
ment saying ‘‘we do not recall the President saying these 
comments specifically,’’ in subsequent media appearances 
they sought to deny that President Trump used the term 
‘‘shithole,’’ and a senior Republican source subsequently 
told CNN that ‘‘instead of hearing the President say 
‘shithole’, 
some 
Republicans 
heard 
Trump 
say 
‘shithouse’.’’; 
Whereas these statements by President Trump have been de-
cried by many in the international community, includ-
ing— 
(1) a United Nations human rights spokesman who 
said the only word to describe President Trump’s com-
ment is ‘‘racist’’, and ‘‘you cannot dismiss entire coun-
tries and continents as ‘shitholes’, whose entire popu-
lations, who are not white, are therefore not welcome’’; 
(2) an African Union spokesperson, speaking for the 
organization that represents all 55 nations of the African 
continent, said ‘‘considering the historical reality of how 
many Africans arrived in the U.S. during the Atlantic 
slave trade, this flies in the face of all accepted behavior 
and practice’’; 
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(3) the President of Haiti, when speaking at a cere-
mony commemorating the eighth anniversary of the dev-
astating Haitian earthquake, who stated, ‘‘the Haitian 
government condemns in the strongest terms these abhor-
rent and obnoxious remarks’’; 
(4) El Salvador, which sent a formal letter of pro-
test; 
(5) the President of Senegal, who stated, ‘‘I am 
shocked by President Trump’s words on Haiti and Afri-
ca. I reject them and condemn them vigorously’’; 
(6) the Botswana Government, which issued a state-
ment describing the remarks as ‘‘highly irresponsible, 
reprehensible, and racist’’; and 
(7) the South African Government, which issued a 
diplomatic protest to the United States; and 
Whereas, as a result of these concerns, United States dip-
lomats in Haiti and other countries have been called by 
their host countries to explain the President’s remarks: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives does 
hereby— 
(1) publicly state our support and respect for 
Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations; 
(2) censure and condemn President Donald 
Trump for his statements at the January 11, 2018, 
White House meeting, which are hateful, discrimina-
tory, and racist, and cannot and should not be the 
basis of any American policy, including immigration 
policy; and 
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(3) call on President Trump to retract and 
apologize for these hateful, discriminatory, and rac-
ist remarks and any offense they have caused. 
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