US Senate candidate apologizes for using racist slur while trying to say ‘bugaboo’

David Trone, a Maryland congressman, used a derogatory and offensive term for a Black person during a Capitol Hill hearing

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A Maryland Democratic congressman running for US Senate has apologised for using a racist slur during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Speaking during a House budget committee hearing, David Trone said: “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. They’ve never been there. They don’t have a clue what they’re talking about.”