Semantics
I need some help with semantics this morning.
That Trump immigration meeting that has been described as a kindergartener with mood swings. It continues to be the craziest damn thing.
Behind the discrepancy: A senior GOP source familiar with the matter told CNN that instead of hearing the President say “shithole,” some Republicans heard Trump say “shithouse.”Two Trump allies came out publicly on Sunday to dispute that Trump decried immigrants coming from “shithole countries” and sought to cast doubt on Durbin’s public account of the meeting.
Okay, so Republicans are calling Durbin a liar because he said shithole when the actual term Trump use was shithouse.
I don’t get it.
What the hell is a shithouse? And how come that term is morally superior to shithole?
Besides, Trump doesn’t believe the people in these counties live in actual houses. He thinks they live in huts so why would he say shithouse instead of shithole?
More importantly, are Tom Cotton and Dick Perdue trying to pretend that there’s a major difference between house and hold when preceded by the word shit?
Perdue called Durbin’s statement a “gross misrepresentation.” Gross? Really? They allow Perdue to talk about gross? Whoa – that’s irony!
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.