Nancy Pelosi's 'Five Guys' joke 'offensive' to Democratic colleague

Minority leader Nancy Pelosi’s “Five Guys” joke about immigration reform was not to the taste of one of her Democratic colleagues.

“The 'five white guys' I call them, you know,” the California congresswoman said Thursday, referring to a group of legislators working on a solution to the President’s end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

“Are they going to open a hamburger stand next or what?”

The five white guys in question are White House chief of staff John Kelly, Maryland Democrat Rep. Steny Hoyer, California House Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.

Pelosi said that the Democratic caucus had great diversity, and that other bipartisan efforts were better suited to deal with finding a way to legislate a version of DACA to replace the executive order that Trump rescinded.

Hoyer was less than pleased with his party leader’s jibe, however, and said that he found it “offensive.”

“That comment is offensive. I am committed to ensuring DREAMers are protected and I will welcome everyone to the table who wants to get this done,” he said in a statement.

A bipartisan group of senators, including Durbin and Arizona Republican Jeff Flake, announced Thursday that they had reached an “agreement in principal” on a solution, though the details of the plan are unknown.

Trump has said that the deal must include funding for his proposed border wall with Mexico, which he said Mexico would pay for.

Discussions around DACA have also expanded to touch on issues beyond border security, leading the President to blast immigrants from places such as Haiti and El Salvador, which he called "s---hole countries."

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