[ABC] A Republican senator said President Donald Trump did not use the word "s---hole" in reference to immigrants from Haiti and Africa in a meeting at the White House last week.
Sen. David Perdue of Georgia, a close ally of the president, told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" Sunday that reports have misrepresented the president's comments during a meeting on immigration on Thursday.
"I'm telling you he did not use that word, George," said Perdue, who was among the senators at the meeting with Trump. "And I'm telling you it's a gross misrepresentation."
Stephanopoulos pressed Perdue, saying that multiple sources have confirmed the president's language, of whom the most outspoken has been Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois.
"Multiple sources? There were six of us in the room," Perdue responded to Stephanopoulos. "I haven't heard any of those six sources other than Senator Durbin talk about what was said."
In a statement Friday, Sens. Purdue and Tom Cotton had said, "In regards to Senator Durbin's accusation, we do not recall the President saying these comments specifically…"
On "This Week" on Sunday, Perdue also seemed to question Sen. Durbin's intentions, saying "it is not the first time" that the Illinois senator has accused someone of inflammatory language. 
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