Civil rights activist Phillip Agnew said he took part in 'misogynoirist culture' with 2009 comments about the former first lady.
A recently appointed senior adviser for Bernie Sanders has apologized for tweets he sent more than a decade ago in which he called former first lady Michelle Obama"ugly."
Civil rights activist Phillip Agnew, who announced he is joining the 2020 presidential hopeful's campaign team on March 7, said,"I am not my tweets from 2009," after his old posts emerged following his appointment. In one tweet from October 2009, Agnew wrote:"Random thought while standing on Gas Station: Michel Obama is an odd looking woman… I'd call her ugly but I don't want the backlash."
In another post two months later, Agnew added:"Michelle Obama is just not pretty… I've tried to look at her from every angle possible."As noted by social media users, Agnew also tweeted a conspiracy theory in May 2011 expressing doubt that the U.S. did actually killIn 2016, he posted a cartoon on Instagram appearing to suggest the U.S. deserved to be victims of the 9/11 attacks because of its military interventions around the world.
i've spent years speaking life and love into my community but i was wrong and i have to be accountable.
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