President Trump’s former deputy campaign manager David Bossie is facing backlash after he used the phrase “cotton-picking mind” on Fox and Friends Sunday. Buzz60
The former deputy campaign manager for President Donald Trump told a black Democratic strategist he was out of his “cotton-picking mind” while bickering on Fox News on Sunday morning.
The comment by David Bossie, who now leads Citizens United, instantly drew backlash and caused Fox News host Ed Henry to issue an apology on air. Later Sunday, Bossie also personally apologized for using the offensive phrase.
Bossie and Joel Payne, a Democratic strategist, were discussing immigration and the upcoming midterms when the debate between the pair got more heated.
Payne listed some of the controversies surrounding Trump since he took office, including Trump’s controversial comments that downplayed the deadly white nationalists rally in Charlottesville, then told Bossie that the American people “don’t have to be a golden retriever to hear all the dog whistles coming out of the White House these days and from my friend David over here.”
A dog whistle is a subtle comment that isn’t understood widely but aimed toward a particular political group where it’s read perfectly clear.
The pair went back…
