President Donald Trump was quoted during an Oval Office rant about people coming into the United States from "sh*thole countries" during a meeting Thursday. The reference was to those from Haiti and African countries.
The internet was quick to light up with anger and disgust at the president calling him everything from "unfit" to "racist."
See the full tweets below:
How will the United States ever expiate the abject shame of allowing such a vile racist swine to occupy the White H… https://t.co/UZAz64KzNQ— Charles Johnson (@Charles Johnson) 1515709926.0
@christinawilkie My grandfathers family came from shithole Siberia to keep him from being drafted into the czar's a… https://t.co/GwB3Savt3O— Juniper Rose (@Juniper Rose) 1515708562.0
Someone that “harbors racist feelings about people of color” = a racist Therefore, Donald Trump is a racist https://t.co/iNWKx2ua5u— philip lewis (@philip lewis) 1515709972.0
I bet you’re chugging the booze tonight. Can’t wait to see what sycophantic spin you put on the “shithole” comment! @PressSec #shameful— Lizzie Brown (@Lizzie Brown) 1515708332.0
Another first for Trump: As far as I can tell, using the WaPo's 1877-2017 archive search function, today's report q… https://t.co/Se9owWvZ2d— Matt Nippert (@Matt Nippert) 1515708326.0
What a shithole of a presidency https://t.co/wekSqJKcq9— Matthew L. Reznicek (@Matthew L. Reznicek) 1515708326.0
@LindseyGrahamSC https://t.co/QvwUvjqtxR how can you continue to support this shithole— Michael Schauer (@Michael Schauer) 1515708324.0
This man is simply NOT fit for office. He is a disgrace! “Why are we having all these people from shithole countri… https://t.co/jtPrmPMqbO— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈) 1515707694.0
You can keep telling me that this man and support of him isn't rooted in racial hostility. I'll just keep reading w… https://t.co/KD8jA6kTuG— Charles M. Blow (@Charles M. Blow) 1515707634.0
people think white nationalism is some loaded, hyperbolic term, but the “shithole” thing is literal, textbook white nationalism— Christopher Hooks (@Christopher Hooks) 1515707317.0
There are no words for language like this except for one: Racist. https://t.co/KHLMiiHewh— ACLU (@ACLU) 1515707393.0
This makes me sick to my stomach. https://t.co/HryTr78M3p— Jody Avirgan (@Jody Avirgan) 1515707587.0
Your president is a stone-cold racist. “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” T… https://t.co/695Qygk6MB— Keith Boykin (@Keith Boykin) 1515707562.0
Maybe it's just me, but I never thought of America as a "shithole" country until that asshole and his Russian bosses stole the election.— Steve Silberman (@Steve Silberman) 1515707309.0
Decrying immigrants from Haiti and Africa and other places as "shithole countries," Trump said he would prefer more… https://t.co/TVgXsJa837— Josh Dawsey (@Josh Dawsey) 1515707840.0
@paulkrugman Before anyone disputes his use of words like "shithole", let me remind you of what he said and did abo… https://t.co/6ei08Xmq5O— WeeHalfPint (@WeeHalfPint) 1515708352.0
update: CNN decided it doesn’t need to censor shithole in the chyron https://t.co/bWpTQ0jlj4— Jared Taylor (@Jared Taylor) 1515708348.0
5 pm hour A blocks CNN: Shithole comments MSNBC: Republicans screwed Fox News: Nancy Pelosi is mean! https://t.co/U4kFgVrWBn— Matthew Gertz (@Matthew Gertz) 1515708337.0
There are no #shithole countries -only shitty assholes like Trump #Immigration #TravelBan #DACA #WhiteSupremacist— Nautti (@Nautti) 1515708594.0
Yes, @potus, you know all about "shithole countries." You and your cabal of ignorant and incompetent fascist stooge… https://t.co/NQGmc2cRuc— Shoq (@Shoq) 1515708591.0
Remember, Jill Stein said there was no difference voting for Hillary and this guy https://t.co/1TwRQtbUyb… https://t.co/kHZAmpx5eX— Don Mathews (@Don Mathews) 1515708588.0
