SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The president of the National Organization for Women says California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown should fire any campaign aide who uses the word “whore,” as one of his aides did recently.
NOW President Terry O’Neill also criticized Brown on Wednesday for saying during a debate that the private banter — inadvertently captured on a telephone recorder — is the kind of thing that typically happens in a campaign.
O’Neill says the word should not be used in any political discourse. She clarified a NOW news release that referred only to Brown, saying both candidates should fire any aide who uses the word.
Brown apologized to Republican Meg Whitman for the comment, which appears to have been made by a female aide in reference to Whitman’s effort to win a police union’s endorsement.
