Blue state Dem in hot water for racial slur sets new record in Senate primary (Trone, RAT-Md)

Fox News ^ | 4/16/24 | Aubrie Spady

[Libloather]

Rep. David Trone, D-Md., who was recently blasted for using a disparaging term for Black people during a House hearing, is officially the largest self-funded candidate of a Senate primary race in U.S. history.

Trone contributed $18.5 million of his own money to his Maryland Senate campaign, Fox News confirmed. And he brought in a total of over $40 million, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). No candidate running in a Senate primary has contributed this amount in recorded Senate primary history.

"David Trone has been crystal clear that he’s prepared to do whatever it takes to beat Larry Hogan in November and protect the Democratic Senate majority," the Trone campaign said in a statement. "With national Republicans and right-wing donors flooding Maryland with contributions to Hogan, there has never been a more important time to take the fight directly to Mitch McConnell, Larry Hogan and Donald Trump. David Trone is the best candidate to do that."

Trone recently uttered a racial slur while speaking on tax policy during a House Budget Committee hearing in March, later admitting to the remark, but saying he intended to use a different term.

"So this Republican jigaboo that — 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 during the hearing. "They’ve never been there. They don’t have a clue what they’re talking about."

Trone apologized for the comment, telling Fox News Digital, "I recognize that, as a White man, I have privilege. And as an elected official, I have a responsibility for the words I use — especially in the heat of the moment. Regardless of what I meant to say, I shouldn’t have used that language."

[Libloather]

Following the controversial comment, Reps., Barbara Lee, D-Calif.; Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y.; Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.; Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio; and Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, announced they would be endorsing Trone's Democratic primary opponent in the Maryland race.

That's gotta sting.

[Steely Tom]

Doubt it’ll matter at all.

[Nateman]

Probably meant Bugaboo. Ha!

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

“I recognize that, as a White man, I have privilege.”
______________________________________________________

I’m still waiting for my white privilege to kick in.

[for-q-clinton]

Hogan...aka...democrat.

[spincaster]

He is the worst kind of Democrat, closet racist, panderer to the woke and white haters. Maryland just keeps electing this sh!tbags.

[roving]

He probably used that term quite often.

[Ex-Con777]

>Probably meant Bugaboo. Ha!<

Should have said “correct reasoning”.

EC

[NorthMountain]

"I recognize that, as a White man, I have privilege.

Kowtowing to the jigaboos won't help you ... you have committed heresy, and for that you must die.

[No Party Affiliation]

Old News
Won’t matter

[DIRTYSECRET]

Just as well. We need the seat. Doesn’t matter if Hogans a rino. Be thankful he’s running.

[SunkenCiv]

"So this Republican jigaboo that — 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 during the hearing. "They’ve never been there. They don’t have a clue what they’re talking about."

Yeah, I'm sure that'll be widely discussed in Maryland, particularly in Baltimore, but it'll only have an impact on campaign t-shirts. 2020 proved it doesn't matter where the winning votes come from. Hogan will probably win -- oh, boy -- but the margin will be smaller than expected.