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If Graham was not there, then neither were Rotten Cotten and POS Perdue.Graham wasn’t thereDurbin lied as sure a Graham was not sitting right next to Tramp.Durbin lied.
Lindsey Graham: 'I said my piece' to Trump. But senator doesn't address 'shithole countries' comment
The comment was first reported by The Washington Post on Thursday, citing two sources.
Graham, in the Oval Office meeting to try to sell the president on a compromise plan to protect about 800,000 mostly younger immigrants from deportation, chimed in at the meeting to defend immigrants.
One senator who was present at the White House and said he did hear the remarks, Illinois Democrat Richard Durbin, said Friday that Graham challenged Trump on his use of the slur.
Durbin told MSNBC that Graham objected to the president's phrasing.
"My colleague (Sen. Graham) spoke up and made a direct comment on what the president said," Durbin said.
Durbin added, "For him to confront the president as he did, literally sitting next to him, took extraordinary political courage and I respect him for it."
Graham only acknowledged he appreciated Durbin’s statements and has enjoyed "working with him and many others on this important issue. I believe it is vitally important to come to a bipartisan solution to the immigration and border challenges we face today."
Graham also reportedly confirmed hearing Trump's racially charged remark in a conversation with fellow South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott.
Reached Friday at a Samsung appliance plant opening in Newberry, Scott said that Graham told him the comments, as reported in the media, were “basically accurate.”