Michael Eric Dyson apologizes for calling Trump voters 'maggots,' claims he was misunderstood
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Liberal Vanderbilt University Professor Michael Eric Dyson offered a mea culpa for referring to Trump supporters as “maggots” while appearing on MSNBC.
"Let me apologize on this program," Dyson began. "I was trying to be cute and clever when I was talking about MAGA, therefore ‘MAG-gats,’ not ‘maggots.’ I didn't anticipate that brothers and sisters who were White would hear it as that, so I deeply and profoundly apologize for that, but I've been hit with an onslaught of death threats and being called the N-word out of White rage for a mistake I made, for which I am willing to apologize certainly, and what Black people are often up against is the fact that we have to be told that emotion will not judge – will not lead to our offering of justice to you … and yet so much emotion is directed at us, so much White rage is directed at us." On Wednesday, Dyson appeared on "Deadline: White House" to discuss Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley's defense of critical race theory, but took a swipe at supporters of former President Donald Trump.More Related News