negative connotation is ridiculous. this is what she said after that. >> we put out the statement yesterday and it's available and we stand by that statement. >> joining me now maia wylie. one can cut people slack for why they say certain things. her response was weird that anybody who thinks otherwise, i was using an expression of high regard and anybody who thinks otherwise is being ridiculous. >> that is an extremely insensitive response from the state that had the highest percentage of black lynchings in the country when it was an epidemic problem across the south. we just celebrated veterans day. and the president of the mississippi chapter of the naacp was murdered for his activities around civil rights. one of the things that he experienced coming back as a