It’s simple: His memory is shot. Of course, he could be lying.
In 2003 on the Tony Snow Sunday program, Senator Byrd of WV, and an former KKK Grand Kleagle, used the word "nigger" three times and he was both senile and a known liar, but he got a total pass from the msm, and even FOX, for the most part, ignored Byrd's language.
DemonRATs ALWAYS get special treatment, about their past, their foibles, and their corruption.
dirty, filthy harry will get the same treatment that byrd got, The Sound of Silence.
Makes me nutz.