Washington – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ted Strickland of Ohio is apologizing for remarks appearing to celebrate the death of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (AN’-toh-nihn skuh-LEE’-uh).
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In audio of an appearance Monday before the AFL-CIO in Cleveland, the former Ohio governor is heard saying he didn’t “wish anyone ill” but Scalia’s death “happened at a good time” for union workers. The crowd laughs.
Scalia’s son, Christopher, tweeted: “Stay classy, @Ted_Strickland and you ghouls giggling along.”
Strickland said in a statement Wednesday the remark was insensitive “and I apologize.”
The high court deadlocked four times after Scalia’s death, including in a major union case over a nearly four-decade-old practice that lets public-sector unions collect fees from non-members to cover collective bargaining costs.
Strickland seeks to unseat Republican Rob Portman this fall.
Disgusting, this how he talks about about a supreme court justice. Then again I can’t say I am surprised he is a Hillary supporter.
why doesn’t the LIBERAL media rip him apart for “celebrating” someone’s death like they try to do to future PRESIDENT TRUMP.
Sounds like a dem who forgot the Mic was hot