> It was something that I did not give any thought to.
Lefties feel all Trump supporters should be fed into a woodchipper. He saw a chance to publicly express his feelings about a small group of us and he did it. No thought needed.
Just like next time he feels it’s safe to express his feelings about another group of us. Apologies are meaningless - take the time to learn what we base our ideas on and if he still disagrees then accept that different ideas (and speech) are allowed. But that’s the real problem - he doesn’t think different ideas should be allowed and they certainly should not be allowed to decide elections.