"De Blasio Blames Anti-Clinto, Pro-Bernie Fervor For Anger Over "CP Time" Joke"

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De Blasio Blames Anti-Clinton, Pro-Bernie Fervor For Anger Over “CP Time” Joke
“I just can’t figure it out,” de Blasio said.

posted on Apr. 18, 2016, at 10:19 a.m.
Andrew Kaczynski
BuzzFeed News Reporter
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a radio interview on Monday, said it would “make sense to him” that pro-Bernie and anti-Hillary forces were the reason a racially-tinged joke he made at an event last week generated controversy.

Appearing on Ebro in the Morning on Hot 97, the mayor was asked if outrage over the joke was the result of “anti-Hillary fervor and the pro-Bernie fervor.”

“I would think that makes sense, because otherwise I can’t figure out,” de Blasio answered. “I just can’t figure it out. I mean Chirlane was on one of the shows on the weekend, and they asked her and she said, ‘guys, it was a satire. The whole thing was a satire.’”

During a skit at the political roast show Inner Circle, Hillary Clinton asked de Blasio why it took so long for him to endorse her. The mayor said he ran on “CP time,” in reference to the phrase “colored people time,” a stereotype about people of color constantly running late.

More at link, including sound link.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/de-blasio-blames-anti-clinton-pro-bernie-fervor-for-anger-ov?utm_term=.sp3X2oBa6#.gtAOWNP4j

[roguevalley]

1. people who have those kinds of ideas never get it. Blame it on someone else as usual

[Hiraeth]

2. what part of racially tinged does he NOT understand?

tone deaf.

[LiberalArkie]

5. Maybe they meant it to be anti-jewish joke but slipped.

[Hiraeth]

6. lol

[dorkzilla]

3. What a massive disappointment de Balsio is

Why can't these people OWN their mistakes? I'm so fucking sick of the buck-passing.

[thereismore]

4. Of course he brings his wife into it. It was just a bad joke. Say you're sorry and let go. nt

[Basement Beat]

7. Obviously he thinks he should get a pass with any joke

regarding black people simply because of his wife. If people were offended...own up to it and admit he shouldn't have done it. Simple as that.

[LiberalElite]

8. NYC resident here -not surprised he doesn't get it nt

Keep it up blah blah de blahsio give me another reason to not vote for you again moron. I hope u get primaried.