Trone in trouble over racial slur

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a Maryland native.

It is a common racist slur around here.

I am a Md native, lived here 66 years. Never heard it, and I lived in many areas of Md.

Same.

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Anonymous wrote:Trone apologized for an unfortunate mistake.

Which candidate as senator has the skill set and chops to help get the FS Key bridge rebuilt? I’d go with Trone from Congress over Alsobrooks from PG.

The obvious answer is Larry Hogan

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Anonymous wrote:Trone has admitted he used a racist term. Why are you making excuses for this mediocre white man?

No one is making excuses. He admitted and apologized. Move on. What is absurd here is those calling him an outright racist for misspeaking??

DP. I mean, let's be real. If he was a Republican and had made the same mistake, this thread would be hundreds of pages long, excoriating him for his "racism" and calling for his resignation. And you know this to be true.

At least with Trump I know this to be false. Trump would not behave like Trone and admit what he said and apologize. Trump would either deny he ever said it or blame the "radical left, Marxist, anarchist, Antifa" press for reporting it.

Regardless, ANY Republican (including Trump) would be crucified. But since this guy's a Democrat, no biggie. He apologized, let's move on! Which, frankly, is how it should be any time someone makes a mistake, regardless of their politics.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:Trone has admitted he used a racist term. Why are you making excuses for this mediocre white man?

No one is making excuses. He admitted and apologized. Move on. What is absurd here is those calling him an outright racist for misspeaking??

DP. I mean, let's be real. If he was a Republican and had made the same mistake, this thread would be hundreds of pages long, excoriating him for his "racism" and calling for his resignation. And you know this to be true.

At least with Trump I know this to be false. Trump would not behave like Trone and admit what he said and apologize. Trump would either deny he ever said it or blame the "radical left, Marxist, anarchist, Antifa" press for reporting it.

Regardless, ANY Republican (including Trump) would be crucified. But since this guy's a Democrat, no biggie. He apologized, let's move on! Which, frankly, is how it should be any time someone makes a mistake, regardless of their politics.

I can agree with this — on the surface. One issue though, is that “mistakes” are often blatant dog whistles. Trump — the example you chose to bring up, employs this style frequently. The people who want to “move on” quickly are usually not personally impacted by these “mistakes”. They may even applaud them. It’s easy to dismiss racism and the implications of having a racist political representative when the impacts of any racism won’t affect you personally in any negative way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trone has admitted he used a racist term. Why are you making excuses for this mediocre white man?

No one is making excuses. He admitted and apologized. Move on. What is absurd here is those calling him an outright racist for misspeaking??

DP. I mean, let's be real. If he was a Republican and had made the same mistake, this thread would be hundreds of pages long, excoriating him for his "racism" and calling for his resignation. And you know this to be true.

At least with Trump I know this to be false. Trump would not behave like Trone and admit what he said and apologize. Trump would either deny he ever said it or blame the "radical left, Marxist, anarchist, Antifa" press for reporting it.

Regardless, ANY Republican (including Trump) would be crucified. But since this guy's a Democrat, no biggie. He apologized, let's move on! Which, frankly, is how it should be any time someone makes a mistake, regardless of their politics.

I can agree with this — on the surface. One issue though, is that “mistakes” are often blatant dog whistles. Trump — the example you chose to bring up, employs this style frequently. The people who want to “move on” quickly are usually not personally impacted by these “mistakes”. They may even applaud them. It’s easy to dismiss racism and the implications of having a racist political representative when the impacts of any racism won’t affect you personally in any negative way.

All I’ve seen is excuses for Trone. Some people have even come here to take it farther than he did, since actually apologized and admitted it’s a racist word. Using this racist remark won’t hurt him at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trone has admitted he used a racist term. Why are you making excuses for this mediocre white man?

No one is making excuses. He admitted and apologized. Move on. What is absurd here is those calling him an outright racist for misspeaking??

DP. I mean, let's be real. If he was a Republican and had made the same mistake, this thread would be hundreds of pages long, excoriating him for his "racism" and calling for his resignation. And you know this to be true.

At least with Trump I know this to be false. Trump would not behave like Trone and admit what he said and apologize. Trump would either deny he ever said it or blame the "radical left, Marxist, anarchist, Antifa" press for reporting it.

Regardless, ANY Republican (including Trump) would be crucified. But since this guy's a Democrat, no biggie. He apologized, let's move on! Which, frankly, is how it should be any time someone makes a mistake, regardless of their politics.

Let me know when Trump would ever apologize. I've never seen him do it.

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Anonymous wrote:Trone has admitted he used a racist term. Why are you making excuses for this mediocre white man?

No one is making excuses. He admitted and apologized. Move on. What is absurd here is those calling him an outright racist for misspeaking??

DP. I mean, let's be real. If he was a Republican and had made the same mistake, this thread would be hundreds of pages long, excoriating him for his "racism" and calling for his resignation. And you know this to be true.

At least with Trump I know this to be false. Trump would not behave like Trone and admit what he said and apologize. Trump would either deny he ever said it or blame the "radical left, Marxist, anarchist, Antifa" press for reporting it.

Regardless, ANY Republican (including Trump) would be crucified. But since this guy's a Democrat, no biggie. He apologized, let's move on! Which, frankly, is how it should be any time someone makes a mistake, regardless of their politics.

I can agree with this — on the surface. One issue though, is that “mistakes” are often blatant dog whistles. Trump — the example you chose to bring up, employs this style frequently. The people who want to “move on” quickly are usually not personally impacted by these “mistakes”. They may even applaud them. It’s easy to dismiss racism and the implications of having a racist political representative when the impacts of any racism won’t affect you personally in any negative way.

All I’ve seen is excuses for Trone. Some people have even come here to take it farther than he did, since actually apologized and admitted it’s a racist word. Using this racist remark won’t hurt him at all.

Trone’s a good egg. I like the former governor too but would not support him in this race because I don’t want to help the Senate go GOP. Alsobrooks is just not in their league.

[Anonymous]

Native Washingtonian, it's a slur. If you grew up in the beltway and had DC friends you knew the word to be a slur.

Tromp needs to pull out of the race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Native Washingtonian, it's a slur. If you grew up in the beltway and had DC friends you knew the word to be a slur.

Tromp needs to pull out of the race.

Trone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Native Washingtonian, it's a slur. If you grew up in the beltway and had DC friends you knew the word to be a slur.

Tromp needs to pull out of the race.

I grew up here and have never heard this expression, ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Native Washingtonian, it's a slur. If you grew up in the beltway and had DC friends you knew the word to be a slur.

Tromp needs to pull out of the race.

I grew up here and have never heard this expression, ever.

Grew up in PG, lived here for 50 years. Heard it on rare occasions my whole life from both older racist white neighbors and black people alike. It’s a slur.

How can any of you claiming you’ve never heard of it seriously consider yourselves enlightened people - because I’m sure you do - without knowing something do commonplace? It’s embarrassing for you. Or at least you SHOULD be embarrassed by such ignorance, anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:It's hilarious that people come in here and parade their own ignorance as a way to absolve the use of a racist term.

Yeah, I really do t get that. Not at all. As if boasting “I’m an idiot, and if *I’ve* never heard of this, it must not be relevant to anyone!”

I really am sort of surprised that so many stupid people post here.

[Anonymous]

Did Collins and Murkowski carry their "moderate" republican views into the voting chamber? Would Hogan be different?

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Anonymous wrote:I am a Maryland native.

It is a common racist slur around here.

I am a Md native, lived here 66 years. Never heard it, and I lived in many areas of Md.

Lucky you. I am also a MD native. 55 and black. I know the word.

[Anonymous]

If you’ve never heard it you wouldn’t say it