[RexBeach]

This is not an apology.

This is a qualifying statement. Not the same thing.

[MurrietaMadman]

Snakes can’t back up, they just change direction.

[Nevadan]

re: This is not an apology. This is a qualifying statement. Not the same thing.

You are absolutely correct. This was no apology. The congressman simply shifted the blame onto the student for what happened, calling the student’s behavior “intrusive and partisan”.

[Boxsford]

Exactly.