Senators who didn't recall Trump using vulgarity backtrack

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Republican senator insists that President Donald Trump didn't use a vulgar term in referring to African countries during a closed-door meeting on immigration that he and other senators attended last week.

Georgia Sen. David Perdue called reports describing Trump as using the vulgar language a "gross misrepresentation." He said Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham were mistaken in indicating that was the case.

Perdue said Sunday on ABC's "This Week: "I am telling you that he did not use that word. And I'm telling you it's a gross misrepresentation."

He and Republican Sen. Tom Cotton had previously issued a statement saying they "do not recall the President saying those comments specifically."

Cotton said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he "didn't hear" the word used.