Peterson apologizes for conspiracy comment

Posted at 4:59 PM on July 27, 2009 by Tim Pugmire (2 Comments)

Congressman Collin Peterson is triying to clarify the point he wanted to make in a Politico story (see previous post) after Minnesota Republicans accused him of insulting his constituents. Here's the written statement Peterson sent out this afternoon:

"If anyone was offended by my off-handed comment I sincerely apologize - I certainly wasn't trying to make fun of anyone. What I was talking about was simply that there are the people in Minnesota's 7th District who have called me and talked to me about this question. The other point I was trying to make is that there are people in the 7th District who freely identify themselves as outside the mainstream - on the left and on the right - who try to hijack public forums like town hall meetings. That's why I do my district meetings on specific topics and in a variety of forums. People in my district know me and they know they can reach me at meetings that happen all around the 7th District."

Comments (2)

I can't remember the last apology I read that didn't contain the word "if."

Posted by Craig Westover | July 28, 2009 9:15 AM

That's almost as bad as a major metropolitan newspaper having to run a correction on one of their political endorsements because of false information provided by one of its editorial board contributors, isn't it Craig?

Posted by Karl | July 28, 2009 11:42 AM

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