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Statement·other·said 2018-01-14

Senator Durbin has a history of misrepresenting what happens in White House meetings.

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Verdict
Mixedby FactCheck.org
2018-01-18
Reasoning

Durbin's 2013 episode was secondhand info from a White House staffer, called a "miscommunication" by Press Sec. Carney. His 2018 account of Trump's "shithole" remark was firsthand testimony — the two aren't equivalent.

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