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Related: About this forumTrump surrogate apologizes (sort of) for tweeting cartoon of Clinton in blackface
Source: The Hill
August 29, 2016, 08:53 pm
Trump surrogate apologizes for tweeting cartoon of Clinton in blackface
By Lisa Hagen
An African-American pastor who has become a prominent surrogate for Donald Trump apologized Monday night for sharing a cartoon of Hillary Clinton in blackface earlier in the day.
I want to apologize because the last thing I want to do is to anger people. I really am a unifier, Burns said on Monday in a live video on Periscope.
Burns said no one on the Trump campaign asked him to offer an apology, and he explained that his tweet was meant to invoke his belief that Clinton and Democrats pander to black voters.
It was not at all my intention to offer or to not offend anyone, the last thing I want to do is to offend people, Burns said.
The tweet was not designed to anger or stir up the post like it did, he continued. It was designed to bring how I feel the very real reality as to why the Democratic Party and how I view it and have interpreted have been pandering and using black people just for their votes.
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Trump surrogate apologizes for tweeting cartoon of Clinton in blackface
By Lisa Hagen
An African-American pastor who has become a prominent surrogate for Donald Trump apologized Monday night for sharing a cartoon of Hillary Clinton in blackface earlier in the day.
I want to apologize because the last thing I want to do is to anger people. I really am a unifier, Burns said on Monday in a live video on Periscope.
Burns said no one on the Trump campaign asked him to offer an apology, and he explained that his tweet was meant to invoke his belief that Clinton and Democrats pander to black voters.
It was not at all my intention to offer or to not offend anyone, the last thing I want to do is to offend people, Burns said.
The tweet was not designed to anger or stir up the post like it did, he continued. It was designed to bring how I feel the very real reality as to why the Democratic Party and how I view it and have interpreted have been pandering and using black people just for their votes.
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Trump surrogate apologizes (sort of) for tweeting cartoon of Clinton in blackface (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2016
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sakabatou
(42,165 posts)1. My guess, he's only apologized because he got caught
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skylucy
(3,739 posts)3. He sure wasn't apologizing when he phoned in to MSNBC earlier today. Unless
there was an apology hidden somewhere under all his yelling and screaming. Yikes. I guarantee that none of the undecided voters will be "feeling the burn" when it comes to Pastor Burns.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)4. He called into MSNBC - MTP Daily and spoke with Kristen Welker.
At 5pm EST today he was still defending his post.
He is totally unhinged. He probably called in because he can't smoke his crack pipe in the studio.
Here is the video -
http://www.msnbc.com/mtp-daily