Senator Rand Paul: Immigration Compromise Can’t Happen if People Call Trump a Racist (Video)
Twitter Responds
Republican Senator Rand Paul joined NBC’s “Meet the Press†on Sunday to defend Donald Trump’s racist remarks.
Thursday afternoon, reports surfaced that Donald Trump called Haiti and African nations “shithole countries,†vocalizing his frustration about immigration. The president then suggested that the United States should “bring more people from countries like Norway.â€
The commentary was confirmed by Senator Dick Durbin, who attended the meeting along with Lindsey Graham, who advised that he “said my piece directly†to Trump afterwards. Fallout has continued ever since.
Host Chuck Todd addressed the comments with the Kentucky Senator during Sunday’s interview.
“The only thing I regret from all of this, other than I think some people have gone completely bonkers with just ad hominem on the president,†Paul said, “but what I regret is I do want to see an immigration compromise.â€
“And you can’t have an immigration compromise if everybody’s out there calling the president a racist,†he continued. “They’re actually destroying the setting, and he’s a little bit of it, they’re destroying the setting in which anything meaningful can happen.â€
Watch:
Sen. @RandPaul: “You can’t have immigration compromise if everybody’s out there calling the president a racist.” #MTP pic.twitter.com/pe7U9jI9DZ
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 14, 2018
“Well, and – that’s where I want to Segway,†Todd replied, subsequently quoting Donald Trump’s early AM tweet, only one part of his latest Twitter tantrum.
“I, as President, want people coming into our Country who are going to help us become strong and great again,†the president wrote, “people coming in through a system based on MERIT. No more Lotteries! #AMERICA FIRSTâ€
Twitter was quick to weigh in on Paul’s Trump defense:
Let me fix that for you, @RandPaul:
You can’t have an immigration compromise if the president is a racist. https://t.co/wvgQm94OxK
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) January 14, 2018
Sorry if it feels like I’m bagging on Rand Paul a lot this morning. It’s just that he’s a spineless, racist idiot and I hate him a lot.
— Han Solo’s Force Ghost (@JoshuaGuess) January 14, 2018
Unfair is rescinding DACA & threatening people whose only crime was being born.
Unfair is Trump golfing in Florida while the people of Puerto Rico still DON’T HAVE POWER.
Unfair is cutting taxes for the 1% while 90% struggle.
You know nothing, @RandPaul https://t.co/gRa8n5sNzl
— Nathan H. Rubin (@NathanHRubin) January 14, 2018
After watching @RandPaul this morning on @MeetThePress, it’s clear he’s either every bit the racist his father is or so contrived that he’s disqualified from public office. Also, adults don’t get in fist fights with their neighbors 🙄
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) January 14, 2018
Senator Rand Paul describes Trump’s language as “Queen’s saltiness”
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) January 14, 2018
Rand Paul, who said he would have opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, has decided to become Donald Trump’s character witness on racism. Yeah, everything is fine now.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 14, 2018
The full interview can be seen here, via NBC.
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