Congressman Apologizes for Using Racial Slur

Maryland Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D) “used a racial slur during a congressional budget hearing Thursday and later apologized, saying he misspoke and did not know what the word meant,” the Washington Post reports.

Said Trone: “So this Republican jigaboo that it’s the tax rate that’s stopping business investment, it’s just completely faulty by people who have never run a business. They’ve never been there. They don’t have a clue what they’re talking about.”

“The slur is among the derogatory terms used to caricature Black people.”