A newly elected state lawmaker from Tennessee apologized Monday after receiving criticism for posting a now-deleted video where she called the state racist and said GOP voters were uneducated.
State Rep. London Lamar (D), representing the Memphis area, posted the video shortly after last week's midterm elections, according to WREG.
"Tennessee's racist," she said in the video. "Period. Period. Like, Tennessee is racist."
At another point in the video, Lamar said that "most of the Tennesseeans who voted Republican are uneducated."
On Monday, Lamar apologized for the blanket statements.
