Blue state Dem in hot water for racial slur sets new record in Senate primary

Rep. David Trone, D-Md., who was just lately blasted for utilizing a disparaging time period for Black folks throughout a House listening to, is formally the biggest self-funded candidate of a Senate primary race in U.S. historical past.

Trone contributed $18.5 million of his personal cash to his Maryland Senate marketing campaign, Fox News confirmed. And he introduced in a complete of over $40 million, in response to filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). No candidate operating in a Senate primary has contributed this quantity in recorded Senate primary historical past.

“David Trone has been crystal clear that he’s prepared to do whatever it takes to beat Larry Hogan in November and protect the Democratic Senate majority,” the Trone marketing campaign stated in a press release. “With national Republicans and right-wing donors flooding Maryland with contributions to Hogan, there has never been a more important time to take the fight directly to Mitch McConnell, Larry Hogan and Donald Trump. David Trone is the best candidate to do that.”

Rep. David Trone, D-Md., arrives on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 18, 2024, earlier than the House voted to maintain the federal government funded into March. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc)

Trone just lately uttered a racial slur whereas talking on tax coverage throughout a House Budget Committee listening to in March, later admitting to the comment, however saying he meant to make use of a special time period.

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“So this Republican jigaboo that — it’s the tax rate that’s stopping business investment, it’s just completely faulty by people who have never run a business,” Trone stated throughout the listening to. “They’ve never been there. They don’t have a clue what they’re talking about.”

Trone apologized for the remark, telling Fox News Digital, “I recognize that, as a White man, I have privilege. And as an elected official, I have a responsibility for the words I use — especially in the heat of the moment. Regardless of what I meant to say, I shouldn’t have used that language.”

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, left, and Rep. David Trone, D-Md. (Getty Images)

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Following the controversial remark, Reps., Barbara Lee, D-Calif.; Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y.; Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.; Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio; and Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, introduced they’d be endorsing Trone’s Democratic primary opponent in the Maryland race.

A spokesperson for Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., the candidate main the Maryland GOP Senate primary, informed Fox News Digital “Hogan will continue to meet Marylanders where they are and may be outspent, but not be outworked in this campaign.”

Gov. Larry Hogan is main the GOP Senate primary in Maryland. (Fox News Digital)

“Following Gov. Hogan’s bus tour directly reaching voters in every region of the state, we are excited to host a grassroots family BBQ with hundreds of supporters with tickets starting at $50 and kids under 12 for free,” Blake Kernan, press secretary for Hogan’s Senate marketing campaign, informed Fox in a press release. 

“Gov. Hogan will continue to meet Marylanders where they are and may be outspent, but not be outworked in this campaign.”

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While Trone leads the Democratic primary race, he’s more likely to face Republican candidate Hogan on the overall election poll. Hogan, in response to a latest Washington Post/University of Maryland ballot launched in March, is main the race in opposition to Trone by double digits.

Fox News’ Brandon Gillespie contributed to this report.