Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is apologizing for an “inappropriate” comment he made over the weekend at a private event suggesting gun owners put a “bullseye” on Hillary Clinton, CNN reported Monday.
{mosads}CNN obtained the audio from a get-out-the-vote event over the weekend at a gun shop.
The senator, who is in a tough reelection fight, said “nothing made me feel better” than seeing a photograph of Clinton on the cover of a gun-related magazine.
“I was a little bit shocked at that—it didn’t have a bullseye on it,” he said, according to CNN.
Burr has since apologized, telling CNN in a Monday statement: “The comment I made was inappropriate, and I apologize for it.”