"Manu Raju/X Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed annoyance at the fact that he is asked to respond when President Donald Trump says or does something noteworthy. On Tuesday, Trump held a rally in Pennsylvania, where he once again railed against immigrants from hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, and many other countries. At that point, a member of the crowd yelled, Sh*tholes, a callback to a report from Trump's first term in 2018, when the president privately complained that people from sh*thole countries."
"RAJU: It's the president of the United States! Don't you have an opinion on it? JOHNSON: Yeah, well, of course I have an opinion. That's not the way I speak, and you know that. But the president is expressing his frustration about the extraordinary challenge that is presented to America when you have people coming in, not assimilating, and trying to take over the country."
"I didn't say sh*thole, Trump told the audience member. You did! The president then admitted that the 2018 report was true, even though he had denied it at the time. And we had a meeting, and I say, Why is it we only take people from sh*thole countries?' Trump explained."
President Donald Trump held a Pennsylvania rally where he described immigrants from countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, and Somalia with derogatory terms and prompted a crowd member to shout 'Sh*tholes.' Trump initially told an audience member, 'I didn't say sh*thole,' then acknowledged and quoted his prior remark about taking people from 'sh*thole countries.' Mike Johnson (R-LA) was questioned at the Capitol about the language and said he is frequently asked to comment, that the language reflected frustration about immigration and assimilation, cited large illegal-immigration figures, and called the situation a crisis. Trump also targeted Representative Ilhan Omar, saying, 'We oughta get her the hell out.'
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