Sen. Jim Bunning's re-election campaign apologized Wednesday for what it said was "a joke" the veteran lawmaker made about his likely opponent this fall, Democrat Daniel Mongiardo, at a Republican dinner last month in Florence.
Democrats charged last week that Bunning had told the crowd at the Republican Party's 4th District Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner that Mongiardo looked like Saddam Hussein's sons "before they were dead."
Mongiardo, a state senator from Hazard, is Italian-American.
Bunning's campaign denied last week that he had made the remarks. But on Wednesday, campaign manager David Young issued a one-sentence apology. "We're sorry if this joke, which got a lot of laughs, offended anyone."
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Democrats charged last week that Bunning had told the crowd at the Republican Party's 4th District Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner that Mongiardo looked like Saddam Hussein's sons "before they were dead."
Mongiardo, a state senator from Hazard, is Italian-American.
Bunning's campaign denied last week that he had made the remarks. But on Wednesday, campaign manager David Young issued a one-sentence apology. "We're sorry if this joke, which got a lot of laughs, offended anyone."
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