De Blasio, Hillary Clinton taking heat over comedy skit
April 12, 2016 By Jonathan Lemire Associated Press
Leslie Odum Jr., left, from the Broadway musical "Hamilton"; presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center; and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, perform at the 94th annual Inner Circle Dinner in New York on April 9. Clinton and de Blasio have come under fire over their comedy skit at the show that some people feel was racially insensitive. David Handschuh/The Inner Circle Via AP, File
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Hillary Clinton and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have come under fire over a comedy skit that some people feel was racially insensitive.
Clinton, just days before the crucial New York primary, was a surprise guest during the mayor’s performance at the annual Inner Circle show in Manhattan on Saturday night, a black-tie charity gala that is the city’s answer to the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, took the stage and, in a scripted scene, teased de Blasio, a fellow Democrat who managed her 2000 Senate campaign, for taking so long to endorse her presidential bid.