"In 1994, Burns told the editorial board of the Bozeman Chronicle that when asked by a constituent, "How can you live back there in Washington, DC with all those niggers?" he replied, " a hell of a challenge." When he was asked about the use of the racial slur, he said: "I don't know. I never gave it much thought."

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