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Conservative writer Rich Lowry is denying that he almost used the N-word to describe the Haitian migrants at the center of baseless claims in Springfield, Ohio.
During his appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show on Sunday (September 15), Lowry, the editor-in-chief of the conservative magazine The National Review, appeared to nearly utter the racial slur before correcting himself during a conversation about the false narrative surrounding Haitians stealing and eating pets.
“They’ve only found two Springfield residents calling to complain about Haitian..." Lowry said before seemingly using the N-word.
The conservative writer continued his thought, using the word "migrants."
“Only two calls, and I think one lesson in this whole story: People don’t care about geese. People really hate geese. All things considered, I think people would prefer Haitian migrants to come and take the geese off the golf course,” he said Sunday.
A clip of the interview went viral on social media, with one X user writing, "Having a hard time coming to any conclusion besides the obvious one about what Rich Lowry catches himself blurting out here.”
Andrew McCarthy, Lowry's colleague at the National Review, responded to the X post, coming to the writer's defense.
“Ridiculous,” McCarthy tweeted, “@richlowry (not tagged here, natch) obviously got crossed up between ‘immigrants’ (short i) and migrants (long i) -- started mispronouncing ‘migrants’ with short i; instantly corrected himself with no embarrassment because it was patently a mispronunciation. Geez.”
Lowry then replied to McCarthy's post, agreeing with his defense. "Yep, this is exactly what happened—I began to mispronounce the word “migrants” and caught myself halfway through," Lowry said.
Watch video of the interview below.
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