Well, as long as he’s “deeply sorry.”

Mississippi state Rep. Gene Alday (R) publicly apologized on Tuesday for lamenting that he came from a place where “all blacks are getting food stamps” for not working.

Of course, FIRST Alday complained to the newspaper that the interview portrayed him in an unflattering manner.

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But at least he didn’t say it was satire, so there’s that. (That’s two for Mississippi in just a few minutes—this one and the “Jesus Take the Wheel” bill—come on South Carolina, you’re lagging!