David Bossie, a close ally and supporter of Donald Trump, apologised on Sunday for using a racially charged term when he said a black Democratic strategist was “out of his cotton-picking mind”.
President of the conservative advocacy group Citizens United, Bossie was a deputy campaign manager for Trump in the 2016 election. He is co-author with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of a book about the campaign, Let Trump Be Trump.
Lewandowski attracted controversy this week in his own appearance on Fox, when he appeared to mock the plight of a girl with Down’s syndrome who was said to have been caught up in the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. On Saturday the two men accompanied Trump on a trip to Nevada.
On Sunday, Bossie appeared Fox & Friends – the president’s favoured show – for a discussion about liberal reactions to Trump’s immigration policy.
In an angry and at times incoherent exchange, Bossie’s fellow pundit, the Democratic strategist…
