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- Apologized October 20, 2008, for comments made the week before saying "Western Pennsylvania is a racist area"YouTube Video: Murtha's Quote About Racism in Western PA (Time: 2:17)
- Had said racism could cost Obama the election in PennsylvaniaYouTube Video: Murtha's Quote About Racism in Western PA (Time: 2:17)
- Apology aired on Channel 4 Action NewsWTAE TV: John Murtha Calls Western Pa. 'Redneck' (October 20, 2008)
- Said he did not mean all voters in the region are racistWTAE TV: John Murtha Calls Western Pa. 'Redneck' (October 20, 2008)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Democratic primary in PennsylvaniaCNN: Murtha apologizes for calling western Pennsylvania... (October 16, 2008)
- Obama is leading in the 2008 election in Pennsylvania, according to pollsCNN: Murtha apologizes for calling western Pennsylvania 'racist' (October 16, 2008)
- A spokesperson for Murtha first defended the comments to the Associated PressCNN: Murtha apologizes for calling western Pennsylvania... (October 16, 2008)
- Murtha later issued a statement apologizing and said he believes voters are ready to "look beyond race"CNN: Murtha apologizes for calling western Pennsylvania... (October 16, 2008)
- The statement preceded the apology on Channel 4
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John Murtha, a Pennsylvanian Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, apologized for a comment he made in October 2008 suggesting many of the voters in his district were still holding onto racist beliefs when it came to deciding whether they'd vote for Barack Obama. Murtha said he did not mean that all voters in the region are racist, but that the area "years ago, was really redneck."WTAE TV: John Murtha Calls Western Pa. 'Redneck' (October 20, 2008)
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