Carolyn Maloney Slams Kirsten Gillibrand, Uses N Word Quote To Illustrate Point

UPDATE: Representative Maloney has apologized for using a quote with the N word:

"I apologize for having repeated a word I find disgusting," Maloney said in a statement.

"It's no excuse but I was so caught up in relaying the story exactly as it was told to me that, in doing so, I repeated a word that should never be repeated," she said.

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Earlier:

City Hall News Editor, Edward-Isaac Dovere's piece on NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney features a conversation during which she used the N word while slamming Kirsten Gillibrand, the woman who replaced Hillary Clinton in the New York Senate. For more of Dovere's piece keeping reading here.

There is Carolyn Maloney, ripping into Kirsten Gillibrand broad and hard for voting against the two stimulus bills and for changing her positions on several core Democratic issues, sounding out her case on the fly as, "It's the NRA, it's immigration, it's all these other things. In fact, I got a call from someone from Puerto Rico, said [Gillibrand] went to Puerto Rico and came out for English-only [education]. And he said, 'It was like saying n--r to a Puerto Rican,'" she said, using the full racial slur. "I don't know--I don't know if that's true or not. I just called. I'm just throwing that out. All of her--well, what does she stand for?"

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Comments

[instarx]

I don't know who wrote this at HP, but it is unintelligible. First, Gillibrand replaced Clinton in the US Senate, not the New York Senate. Come on HP - that's a pretty basic error. Secondly, I can't figure out who said what because nothing is really attributed. And then there is the problem of the quotes having more quotes inside them that aren't identified by quote marks.

I realize HP is supposed to be a fast-paced blog, but there has to be SOME minimum level of acceptability in what is put up here.

[Doofus]

A little 'unintelligible' maybe, if the 'NY Senate' reference is confusing.
Should have been 'NY Senate delegation', perhaps. Is *two* is enough
for a delegation? Anyway, the cited 'City Hall' story is pretty interesting:
http://www.cityhallnews.com/news/128/ARTICLE/2021/2009-07-17.html

[lady49]

Don't lose site of the purpose of this article...­.Gillibran­d, who replaced Secretary of State Clinton, is
guilty of "opposing" every important piece of Democratic legislature from the Obama administration.

Of course we have the New York govenor to thank for this mess!

Maloney may have been wrong in her choice of words-but Gillibrand is the culprit here.

[glorialovelace]

"Gillibrand, who replaced Secretary of State Clinton, is
guilty of "opposing" every important piece of Democratic legislature from the Obama administration."

That is completely untrue. Gillibrand has supported President Obama's program completely.

That's why Obama is actively supporting Gillibrand and is NOT supporting Maloney, or her candidacy.

[IcedTee63]

Well she's gonna have problems if she thinks any of us N-words are gonna vote for her!

[VeggieVeal]

Maloney, we hardly new ye!

[ProperGanda]

I find it hilarious that more people were offended by Michael Steele saying "fried chicken" -with no mention of Black people, than this woman

[IcedTee63]

I hope Ms. Maloney is not depending on N-words to get elected.

[fictioneer]

THIS is a scandal? Ye gods. We can't act like the word doesn't exist, and she wasn't using it in the pejorative. She was repeating a story that has a lot of meaning in terms of Gillibrand being a DINO and the creepy Freepers on here going "classic liberal hypocrisy" use that word in the regular way anyway. And they know it.

[tomasedison]

Kirsten is being very careful about her vote on every issue.

[BambooHarvester]

An interesting choice of clothing . . .
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[Collielady]

Very conservative, indeed.

[bosha]

Maloney is just bitter because the Democrats don't support her and I don't blame them. One things for sure she can kiss the Senate seat good-bye.

[leatherneck1971]

The mouth always says whats in the mind! :-) she merely is sorry her mental thoughts were exposed! :-)

[jackstpaul]

Are you Sigmund Freud? What if 100 times she has substituted "n-word" for "THE n-word?" Waht does she really think then?

What about what else she's doen in her life? DO you know what she's doen to fight racism? Maybe her husband is black, her kids??????

Your evidence is scant and your logic ludicrous.

[Leon Carter]

I don't know whats scarier, the consistent "Freudian" Slips by white politician whom happen to be R or D or the ignorance that proceeds the statements once they hit open air.
The reviewer ask "do we know what she is doing to fight racism"---The answer to that is "Not Much", how can she when she describes her constituents through derogatory language with out so much as a blink? The reality is the word should be removed from all language. Not just "white" condemnation but "black" recreational laguage as well. We have all become owners of the ignorance that this word represents and we all are equally liable in its contiued attacks upon our intelligence and communities.

So when an ignoramus tries to justify thier usage of a word that glorifies the ignorance that led to the oppression and continued degradation of a people whom still are in sooooooo many ways still suffering from the legalazation of racism and marshall law imposed upon them by an over zealous system ,who still has in its employ people who still embody the "OLD STANDARD" of thinking about us, I turn to us and ask where are we at on this.

Are we changing the perceptions held about us, or embolding the opposition in defense of thier position?

[strawberryjulius]

Don't focus on the word look at the context. She is quoting someone. Who is the real problem here? Not Maloney. It's Gillibrand. Did you actually read the article? Gillibrand went to Puerto Rico and was advocating english only education. If that is not racially insensitive, I don't know what is.

[Carolab]

Carolyn Maloney is one of the few Dems who is willing to say it like it is. I have really gotten into her Joint Economic Committee hearings.

[Gunfighter]

by "say it like it is" do you mean that she says things that you agree with?

[omegapoint]

She must really have wanted Goldman Sachs to have their bonuses. Notice no AIG level stink about that.

[glorialovelace]

Of course she did. Her husband made his fortune at Goldman Sachs.

[dct1999]

The statement lacks coherence. I still don't know what she was trying to say, but it just doesn't seem malicious to me.

Primary season here in NY is going to be interesting.

[thankulord13]

This is a non-story. She was telling a story, big deal. No one died, life goes on!