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As you said. it's a lot of slicing and dicing of words. there was a time bill clinton was talking about the meaning of is is. people know what this president probably meant and i think they're able to judge it on their own. >> robert costa, what's wrong with -- or what's the thinking behind senators purdue and cotton parsing words between [ bleep ] hole and [ bleep ] house, and hanging their defense of donald trump on such an a sani gn differential? >> we've reached out to senator purdue and senator cotton. senator purdue has declined to explain more about his position, what went on in that me...

>> reporter: yes, certainly is stunning, as you noted, senators purdue and cotton couldn't recall exactly what the president said. it's interesting because lawmakers divided on whether the president made these alleged derogatory comments about african nations and apparently pondered why so many nations were being given visas to come to the united states. it's not along party lines. you have two dozen republicans who condemned what the president said, including arizona senator flake, on a sunday morning talk show discussing these comments. he was actually not in the meeting when it took place. ...

President used a specific curse word because even if he hadn't cursed, even if he had said why do we want people from african countries, why not more people from norway, the sentiment would be the same and that sentiment is racist. joining me for perspective, maria cardona and scott jennings. scott, just three days ago, senators purdue and cotton couldn't remember what the president had said and now they suddenly remember he didn't say it, but in the meantime there's been this huge global backlash. how do you explain this sudden shift? is it believable? >> you don't explain it. it's certainly ...

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