Schweitzer Apologizes For ‘Stupid And Insensitive Remarks’

FILE - This Aug. 30, 2012, file photo, shows Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer in Helena, Mont. Gov. Schweitzer says he will not run for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras, File)
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Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Thursday apologized for comments he made during an interview with National Journal, presumably ones about House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).

“I recently made a number of stupid and insensitive remarks to a reporter from the National Journal. I am deeply sorry and sincerely apologize for my carelessness and disregard,” Schweitzer wrote in a Facebook post.

During the interview, the former governor said men from the South like Cantor “are a little effeminate.”

He also made an inappropriate comment about Feinstein when discussing her stance on NSA spying practices.

“She was the woman who was standing under the streetlight with her dress pulled all the way up over her knees, and now she says, ‘I’m a nun,’ when it comes to this spying!” Schweitzer told National Journal. “I mean, maybe that’s the wrong metaphor—but she was all in!”

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  1. So, not only does he casually hurl sexist and homophobic remarks like a Republican, he offers up apologies that indicate no understanding of the reason why what he said was wrong like a Republican.

  2. Schweitzer and Perry ought to form a group together called “Oops”.

  3. Too late, Brian. The douche is already out of the bag.

  4. Not another progressive hero like Anthony Weiner, struggling and apologizing at every turn.

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