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Thousands of Haitians Rally in Protest of Trump’s Racist “Shithole” Comments

HeadlineJan 23, 2018

In Haiti, thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince to protest against President Trump for reportedly describing Haiti, as well as some African nations and El Salvador, as “shithole” countries. This is Haitian professor Josué Mérilien.

Josué Mérilien: “Donald Trump is a 'piece of shit' president, and so that’s why his mind is filled with a shitty outlook, an outlook that that contributes to a shitty situation. What we have as our situation is the result of all the bad actions of the imperial colonizers against the country, with the support of the enslaved politicians, who don’t make considerations with their country in mind but are out defending their own interests. They are all corrupt politicians.”

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