Don Young Unlikely To Be Derailed By Offensive Remark

Racial Slur Controversy Unlikely To Derail GOP Rep
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska speaks in Anchorage, Alaska. Young, one of the most senior Republicans in the House, has apologized for using the racial slur wetbacks in referring to Hispanic migrant workers. Young, now in his 21st term in the House, said in an interview with Alaska's KRBD radio that when he was young, his father used 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes on their California farm. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska speaks in Anchorage, Alaska. Young, one of the most senior Republicans in the House, has apologized for using the racial slur wetbacks in referring to Hispanic migrant workers. Young, now in his 21st term in the House, said in an interview with Alaska's KRBD radio that when he was young, his father used 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes on their California farm. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

In his four decades as Alaska’s lone representative in the U.S. House, Republican Don Young has shown a penchant for creating controversy that is perhaps matched only by his resilience following such gaffes.

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