- Former President Trump aide Roger Stone appeared to use racial slurs while on the air with radio host Black Morris W. O’Kelly of “The Mo’Kelly Show.”
- At one point during the interview, after being asked about how Trump commuted his sentence, Stone can be heard muttering, “I really don’t feel like arguing with this nigger.”
- After being asked to repeat himself, Stone insisted that he did not use any racial slurs, and said to O’Kelly, “You are crazy.”
- The presenter of the radio show then tweeted: “Hello everyone. I heard what I heard. Audio is audio … I’m not anyone’s BLACK.”
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Longtime adviser to President Donald Trump Roger Stone appeared to use racial slur during an interview with a black radio host on Saturday.
Stone, whom President Trump saved a prison sentence this month, appeared on “The Mo’Kelly Show” to discuss his conviction.
At one point in the conversation, the host of the radio show Morris W. O’Kelly asked Stone about his relationship with Trump.
“There are thousands of people treated unfairly on a daily basis in the justice system. Hell, their number appeared in the lottery. I suppose it was more than luck, Roger, right?” O’Kelly asked on the phone, according to the New York Times.
Stone, who seemed to think he couldn’t be heard on the air, muttered in response, “I really don’t feel like arguing with this nigger.” It is unclear if he was talking to himself or someone else who might have been with him.
—Michaelharriot (@michaelharriot) July 19, 2020
When O’Kelly responded by saying, “Sorry, what was that Roger?” The 67-year-old former Trump political adviser acted as if the connection had been cut.
After 40 seconds of silence and being asked to repeat himself, Stone insisted that he did not use any racial slurs and said to O’Kelly, “You are crazy.”
The radio host ended the discussion by saying that he “would let listeners decide” what Stone said, before continuing with the interview.
A few hours later, however, he went to Twitter to address the incident and wrote, “Hello everyone. I heard what I heard. The audio is the audio … I’m not BLACK from anyone.”
-Sir. Mo’Kelly 🎙️ (@MrMokelly) July 19, 2020
Stone was saved from 40 months in prison in June after President Trump signed an executive order to commute his sentence.
In a statement released at the time, the White House said Stone was “a victim of Russia’s deception that the left and its media allies perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the Trump presidency.”
Earlier this year, he was convicted of five counts of making false statements to the FBI and congressional investigators, one count of witness tampering, and one count of obstruction of justice.
