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Astronaut Scott Kelly Apologizes For Quoting Winston Churchill
	10/09/2018 12:57:45 AM PDT · by Helicondelta · 38 replies Washington Times ^ \| October 8, 2018 Former NASA astronaut and Navy veteran Scott Kelly apologized Sunday after facing backlash for a tweet praising Winston Churchill. “One of the greatest leaders of modern times, Sir Winston Churchill said, ‘in victory, magnanimity.’ I guess those days are over,” Mr. Kelly, a veteran of four space flights, tweeted to his 5.76 million followers Sunday afternoon. Seven hours later, Mr. Kelly apologized for the quote, saying he would work on educating himself on Churchill’s purported misdeeds. "Did not mean to offend by quoting Churchill. My apologies. I will go and educate myself further on his atrocities, racist views which I...

Astronaut Scott Kelly apologizes after quoting, praising Winston Churchill
	10/07/2018 7:00:17 PM PDT · by Governor Dinwiddie · 172 replies Washington Examiner ^ \| October 7, 2018 \| Daniel Chaitin Scott Kelly, a retired American astronaut with multiple space flights under his belt, apologized Sunday after quoting Winston Churchill and calling the 20th century British prime minister "one of the greatest leaders of modern times." "Did not mean to offend by quoting Churchill. My apologies. I will go and educate myself further on his atrocities, racist views which I do not support. My point was we need to come together as one nation. We are all Americans. That should transcend partisan politics," Kelly wrote on Twitter in the evening.

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