Democratic Colorado Senate hopeful John Hickenlooper apologizes for comments he made 6 years ago comparing politicians to slaves being whipped to row “an ancient slave ship.”
In a statement released through his campaign, Hickenlooper said:"Taking a look at this video from six years ago, I recognize that my comments were painful. I did not intend them to be. I offer my deepest apologies."
Hickenlooper's campaign said the video Anderson tweeted was from 2014 but did not specify where Hickenlooper, who was the governor, was speaking. Anderson has endorsed Hickenlooper's rival, former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, in the Democratic primary for the Senate. Hickenlooper is the front-runner in the June 30 primary, but he has stumbled repeatedly recently.
Earlier this month, he struggled to give his definition of the term"Black Lives Matter," saying it meant that"every life matters" — a formulation rejected by many of the African American activists who coined the slogan and one for which Hickenlooper later apologized. Then, the state ethics commission found that Hickenlooper
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