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Thursday, November 01, 2018

Dem Sen. Joe Donnelly takes heat for awkward comment on hiring minority staffers, says he ‘misspoke’

Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly – one of the most vulnerable Democrats heading into next week’s midterm elections – is taking heat after awkwardly responding to a question during Tuesday night’s Senate debate with Republican Mike Braun by saying several of his staffers are great at their jobs even though they are minorities.

“Our state director is Indian American, but he does an amazing job,” Donnelly said during the debate. “Our director of all constituent services -- she’s African American, but she does an even more incredible job than you could ever imagine.”

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Should have used “and” instead of “but”. Not well educated in the English language, is he?

Anonymous said...

Imagine what the mainstream media would be doing if a Republican had made those racial slurs.

Anonymous said...

Seems like a lot of Democrats "misspeak"!!!