saying. she said this morning in an interview that the way the president s comments impacted her parents who are haitian american. she s the only haitian-american in congress. she noted that her parents were initially enthusiastic supporters of president trump s campaign but now are horrified to see him describe their country of origin in this incredibly offense and ignorant manner. you can assume that even if haitians american who previously supported trump are deeply disturb will and appalled by the way he describes their country, their original country that of course foreign leaders are going to be all the more disturbed and set back by the way by the language that he s using. i want to play for you some sound from the u.n. human rights spokesperson. take a listen and i want to get your reaction to it. these are shocking and shameful comments from the president of the united states. sorry, but there s no other word one can use by racist.
lewandowski, and deputy chief of staff rick dearborn who testifies today. emotions running high on capitol hill as lawmakers grilled dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen about president trump s vulgar description of haiti in africa. kirstjen nielsen insisting she did not hear the president say s-hold or s house in the meeting. she says a lot of lawmakers use vulgators, the lawmakers were vulgarritys, the lawmakers were using vulgarities. when bigotry is allied with power, it is a dangerous force in our country. your silence and your amnesia is complicity. i hurt. when dick durbin called me, i had tears of rage when i heard about this experience in that meeting. for you not to feel that hurt and that pain, and to dismiss some of the questions of any colleagues saying i ve already answered that line of questions when tens of millions of americans are hurting now