; Whereas the Daily Stormer, a notorious neo-Nazi website, welcomed President Trump’s comments as being encouraging 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 January 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 inaccurate…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 Trump for his choice of words during the meeting, telling the President, America is an idea, not a race ; and informed 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 statement 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 .