How Republican Lawmakers Responded to Trump’s Vulgar Immigration Remarks<br />By THOMAS KAPLAN,<br />EMILY BAUMGAERTNER and<br />UPDATED JAN. 13, 2018 9:20 A. M.<br />Reports that President Trump referred to African nations as “shithole countries” and disparaged Haitians during an immigration meeting on Thursday prompted outcry from some lawmakers,<br />but his comments were followed by notable silence from others.<br />A handful of Republican lawmakers who attended the immigration meeting at the White House either<br />said they did not recall the president’s comments or did not directly address them.
