ok, wait, nerdgirl. WSJ is running with the story and so is NBC, but Trump put out a tweet after the rally that the reporting is incorrect. So Whitehouse’s apology can wait until somebody cleans up their reporting.
WIKI—During the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Whitehouse cautioned that conservative opposition to the bill was moving toward historical incidences of mob violence, saying, “Too many colleagues are embarked on a desperate, no-holds-barred mission of propaganda, obstruction and fear...cautions us of the excesses to which these malignant, vindictive passions can ultimately lead. Tumbrils have rolled through taunting crowds. Broken glass has sparkled in darkened streets. Strange fruit has hung from southern trees”.[18]
In December 2009, Whitehouse said “birthers”, “fanatics”, and “people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups” oppose Obamacare.[19]
In September 2017, Whitehouse announced he would co-sponsor the Medicare For All Act alongside sixteen of his Senate colleagues.[20]
nah it’s been everywhere now, and I have yet to see an apology from Mr. Whitehouse.