not said a single word or the second most powerful republican in the house, kevin mccarthy, who was actually at the meeting. silence. april ryan, white house correspondent, pastor mark burns, and kierstin powers, usa today journalist. unfortunate and unhelpful. that's the only response we've gotten from the republican leadership. >> it's underwhelming. seems like the kind of thing you would be much more outraged about. it was clearly -- look, i think there are times when people may cry racism, as republicans like to say, over things that aren't necessarily racist. this is not one of those times. you talk about these countries which were african countries, haiti, el salvador and african countries generally and contrasted that by wanting to