Kamala Harris apologizes after seeming to laugh

Senator Kamala Harris, D-Calif. and a Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, apologized Saturday for laughing and saying "well said" in response to a man who called President Donald Trump's actions "mentally retarded".

"When my team watched the video of my city hall yesterday, it was shocking," she said. tweeted. "I did not hear the words that the man used at that time, but if I had that, I would have stopped and corrected." I'm sorry. word and others like that are not acceptable, never. "

The senator told NBC News: "I would never tolerate this kind of language spoken by anyone to anyone, it's shocking, I've worked my entire career to make a number in particular, to ensure that our community of people with disabilities receives the dignity and rights they deserve. "

Pictures of her response has drawn reprimand online. The exchange took place Friday in a New Hampshire city hall, where a man who identified himself as being from Chennai, India, said, "Somewhere, a racist bigot is going to the White House . need to go back to your own country. "

"I'm so scared for this country," continued the man. "I'm scared for the color people of this country."

He then asked what Harris would do to "diminish Trump's actions of mental retardation."

The crowd applauded the answer while Harris laughed and said, "Well said, well said."

"I'm planning to win this election, I'll tell you," said Harris. "We will have to work as hard as we can to get there, because in the next year, it will have to be reversed." Thank you for having the courage to speak and say that it is there that Many people live in our country with extreme fear, extreme fear. "

Speaking with CBS News, Harris denied hearing the sentence.

"I've heard about other things," she says. "And then it came later, and it's not something I've really heard or treated, you know, in any way."

She called the remark "incredibly shocking" add that you would assume in 2019 that "people would have a much better understanding of how hurtful a term like this can be".