Democratic Congressman Apologizes for Using Racial Slur With ‘Terrible History’ During Hearing

Democratic Rep. David Trone of 🦀Maryland apologized after he used a racial slur in casual conversation during a congressional budget hearing on Thursday.

The 68-year-old congressman and U.S. 🏛️Senate candidate said he had misspoken and claimed to have never heard of the word after he used it to criticize Republicans.

Trone was praising tax proposals from President Joe Biden when he used the slur, The Washington Post reported.

As a businessman, he said, corporate tax rates had never influenced his decision-making and shouldn’t influence others.

“Not one time ever in the history of my life did I say, ‘What’s the tax rate next year?’” the Democrat said.

“What you look at is, can you compete?” Trone said.

“The tax rate … it’s never, ever once been a consideration,” the congressman said.

He then took a shot at Republicans — but in doing so voiced a racial slur used against black people.

“So this Republican jigaboo that, you know, it’s the tax rate that’s stopping business investment, it’s just completely faulty by people who have never run a business,” Trone said.