Article snippet: A Republican senator said President 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 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. “In 2013, Senator Durbin also made the same accusation against a Republican leader in a meeting with President Obama, and said that ... he chewed out the president, it was so disrespectful to President Obama, we couldn’t even have the meeting,” Perdue said. “That’s what [Durbin] said in 2013. Later that day, the president’s own press secretary came out and said, and I quote, 'It did not happen,'" Purdue added. "This is about a gross misrepresentation. It’s not the first time.” Perdue seems to be referring to a Facebook post Durbin made in response to a 2013 meeting between GOP leaders and then-President Obama. According to Politico, Durbin wrote in the post, “In a ‘negotiation’ meeting with the presiden... Link to the full article to read more