Democratic Sen. Schumer uses "R" word to describe disabled children

"No, you're the idiot"

Senate Majority Leader Charles "Nostrils" Schumer (D-NY)  apologized for getting caught on Monday using the word "retarded" when referring to developmentally disabled children during a podcast.

Chucky used the term in a segment on Sunday's 1 NYCHA podcast. The topic was about Congress' inept efforts to combat homelessness. Thus far the Democrat-run cities across the country have been as effective at combatting homelessness as they have been combatting crime. 

When a podcast co-host mentioned that some initiatives for sheltering homeless people have faced resistance in New York City, Schumer discussed the Biden administration’s proposed "American Rescue Plan," as well as his own past experiences as a politician encountering opposition to housing proposals.

"When I first was an assemblyman, they wanted to build a congregate living place for retarded children," Schumer said, referring to children who had developmental disabilities. "The whole neighborhood was against it. These are homeless kids, they just needed some help. We got it done, it took a while."

Fortunately Schumer didn't use more antiquated terms like "idiots," or "morons." But the term "retarded" is totally not cool and neither is Schumer, who still calls Black people "Negroes," and White people "racists."

In 2010, former divisive President Barack Obama approved "Rosa’s Law," which replaced the term "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" in federal law and policy. Schumer didn't get the memo.

A representative for Schumer claimed that he apologized for his word choice, acknowledging it was "inappropriate and outdated."

For a guy who makes his living with words, that was not cool.

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