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Dem Congressman Apologizes for Using Racial Slur in Hearing: ‘I Misspoke’

YIKES

Rep. David Trone said he was “deeply disappointed” to have “accidentally” uttered the term.

Dan Ladden-Hall
Dan Ladden-Hall 

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Rep. David Trone (D-MD) later released a statement saying the racial slur has a “long dark terrible history.”
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