Bret Baier has a question on Sen. Joe Donnelly's 'odd phrasing' at debate regarding his Indian American and African American staffers

During last night’s debate in Indiana, incumbent Dem Senator Joe Donnelly raised more than a few eyebrows with some “odd phrasing” while attempting to praise some of his staffers.

“Our state director is Indian American, but he does an amazing job,” said the senator:

Some odd phrasing from @SenDonnelly attempting to highlight the diversity of his staff:

"Our state director is Indian American, but he does an amazing job."#INSEN

— David Catanese (@davecatanese) October 30, 2018

What’s with the “but”? He then used the same construction to talk about an African American staffer:

Followed up with: “Our director of all constituent services, she’s African American. But she does an even more incredible job than you could ever imagine.” https://t.co/xVttn2xohW

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) October 31, 2018

It does remind us of Michael Scott from “The Office”:

(via DM) "Donnelly is like Michael Scott in the Diversity Day episode" pic.twitter.com/TpFvUSQHaz

— Liam Donovan (@LPDonovan) October 31, 2018

“WTF” is right:

Wtf

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 31, 2018

And it’s not just us. Colby Itkowitz from the Washington Post’s Fix blog writes:

These are the things Veep writer’s dreams are made of — tone deaf statements probably meant well, but totally offensive.

Bret Baier has a question on Sen. Joe Donnelly's 'odd phrasing' at debate regarding his Indian American and African American staffers

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