{"id":8799,"date":"2020-06-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hickenlooper-apologizes-for-past-comments-comparing-politicians-to-slaves\/"},"modified":"2020-06-16T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T05:00:00","slug":"hickenlooper-apologizes-for-past-comments-comparing-politicians-to-slaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hickenlooper-apologizes-for-past-comments-comparing-politicians-to-slaves\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hickenlooper apologizes for past comments comparing politicians to slaves"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Hickenlooper apologizes for past comments comparing politicians to slaves<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n By Morgan Phillips, Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

June 16, 2020 |<\/span> 1:00am <\/p>\n

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\n Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper<\/span>
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\n Colorado\u00a0Democratic Senate candidate John Hickenlooper apologized for past comments comparing politicians to slaves being whipped in an \u201can ancient slave ship,\u201d saying Monday he realizes those remarks were \u201cpainful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video of the remarks was unearthed and tweeted by Tay Anderson, a black Denver school board member who has been at the forefront of protests following the death of George Floyd.<\/p>\n

The video shows Hickenlooper, the former governor of the state, speaking at an event about political schedulers.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine an ancient slave ship,\u201d he tells the audience. He says the schedulers are the people who lashed slaves to keep them rowing the ship. \u201cWe elected officials are the ones rowing,\u201d Hickenlooper said. He added that politicians are often asked to do \u201chard, thankless things,\u201d similar to slaves.<\/p>\n

In a statement released through his campaign, Hickenlooper said: \u201cTaking 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson has endorsed Hickenlooper\u2019s opponent, former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, in the Democratic primary for the Senate.<\/p>\n

Hickenlooper has been seen as the front-runner to defeat incumbent GOP Sen. Cory Gardner\u00a0but\u00a0has not escaped criticism from both the left and right.<\/p>\n

Hickenlooper, who at one point was a part of the previously crowded Democratic field for the presidency, earlier this month was held in contempt by the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission after he didn\u2019t app<\/a>ear Thursday at a mandatory hearing, defying orders to do so as the panel considers a Republican complaint that private plane trip<\/a>s he took while governor of Colorado violated the state\u2019s gift ban.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Hickenlooper\u2019s unending efforts to avoid testifying about his use of corporate-paid private jets and a Maserati limo have been rewarded with his being found in contempt,\u201d National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesperson Joanna Rodriguez said in a statement. \u201cHickenlooper\u2019s blatant disregard for our legal system and his state\u2019s ethics laws make it impossible for Colorado voters to trust him with elected office again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Grueskin, an attorney for Hickenlooper, had logged onto the remote hearing 15 minutes after it started, citing problems with his Internet connection. Hickenlooper was also subpoenaed by the commission to appear but argued the hearing\u2019s remote format violates his right to face his accusers in person.<\/p>\n

But he also came under fire when in early June he struggled to define \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d before saying the term meant \u201cevery life matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Lives Matter means that every life matters,\u201d the former governor said, according to the Colorado Sun.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the color of a person\u2019s skin has nothing to do with the richness of their lives and their place in their family, in their neighborhood, in their community,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd that every life is sacred and every life deserves the protections of our system of public safety and our system of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

He later apologized, saying \u201cI tripped over my words.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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