re: US Senate candidate apologizes for using racist slur while trying to say ‘bugaboo’

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Upon learning the meaning of the word I was deeply disappointed to have accidentally used it, and I apologise.

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I definitely believe he didn't know what it meant

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Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, to whom Trone was speaking on Thursday, is Black. She declined to comment to the Post.

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Of course she declined, he's a democrat

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Trone’s closest competitor, Angela Alsobrooks, a state politician, is Black. She also declined to comment.

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Of course she declined, he's a democrat

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I recognise that as a white man, I have privilege.

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And there it is. All better