Harris repeatedly defends response to mental health slur at rally

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2. The headline of that article contradicts the content in the article:

“When my staff played the video from my town hall yesterday, it was upsetting. I didn’t hear the words the man used in that moment, but if I had I would’ve stopped and corrected him. I’m sorry. That word and others like it aren’t acceptable. Ever,” Harris wrote on Twitter on Saturday afternoon.

"Let me just be really clear. I would never condone that kind of language being spoken by anybody about anybody," Harris said at the New Hampshire Democratic Party State Convention on Saturday when asked about the incident by an NBC News reporter. "It is offensive. I have worked my entire career to do a number of things including insure our disability community the dignity and rights that they deserve."

"I would never condone anyone using that word in any way shape or form, even against the guy I am running against. Period," Harris continued.