Trump supporter who insulted Obamas says it was a 'mistake'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

ALBANY, N.Y. — A former Donald Trump campaign official who wrote that he wanted to see Barack Obama dead of mad cow disease and Michelle Obama living with a gorilla in Africa now says those comments weren't meant for publication but were nevertheless "inappropriate."

Carl Paladino, a millionaire developer, one-time Republican candidate for governor and co-chairman of Trump's New York campaign, issued a statement expressing regret for the insults Tuesday, four days after their publication in the local publication Artvoice.

"I never intended to hurt the minority community who I spent years trying to help out of the cycle of poverty in our inner cities. To them I apologize," Paladino wrote.

But in the lengthy statement, Paladino also took fresh aim at the president, calling him a "traitor to American values," and said he wouldn't resign from Buffalo's school board, which called a special meeting later in the week to discuss his comments.

"I don't intend to yield to the fanatics among my adversaries. I certainly am not a racist," he wrote.

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Yes you are. If you weren't you wouldn't find such a lame assed joked funny.

[oberliner]

1. No, he doesn't

He says the mistake was that he hit reply rather than forward. He stands by the remarks.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. "Dear 'darkies' who I have been instructing on what to do for years now,

you would be grateful for me if only you were smart enough to do what I say. You probably can't take a joke either. I apologize that you don't listen and you can't take a joke. Also, I am not a racist because I have not personally lynched anyone myself." - Paladino.

[brer cat]

3. Well done, Maru Kitteh!

[spanone]

4. when you have to say 'I certainly am not a racist' you're probably a racist

[UTUSN]

5. Somebody is skeered!1

[ronnie624]

6. "traitor to American values,"

That's not even remotely consistent with reality.It's so outrageously over the top, it simply has to be the product of the most irrational hatred. I can only think of one thing that would trigger such baseless, unprovoked invective from a white man to a black one.

[Cha]

7. Glad this racist asshole is on the defensive..

[herding cats]

8. 'Traitor to white American values', there fixed it for him.

There's no reason for Mr Paladino to skirt around it, after all he's already laid his cards on the table.

P.S. I don't intend to "yield to the fanatics among my adversaries" either, Mr Paladino. Which happens to include racist who attempt to hide behind pitiful excuses when they experience blowback for their words and actions.

[Rollo]

9. Nevertheless...

He cites as evidence that he's not a racist by saying he's spent "years trying to help [the minority community] out of the cycle of poverty"... So he thinks all minorities are stuck in a cycle of poverty? And that members of minorities who have achieved great success (like the Obamas) are not deserving of an apology?

He's a racist.