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After a heated email exchange with conservative activists Jack Tomczak and John Gilmore on Twitter, Winkler apolgized for the use of the slur against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. In another tweet, he said: "I did not understand "Uncle Tom" as a racist term, and there seems to be some debate about it. I do apologize for it, however."

Gil Dobie wrote:Not surprised someone in political office didn't know what the term meant.

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After a heated email exchange with conservative activists Jack Tomczak and John Gilmore on Twitter, Winkler apolgized for the use of the slur against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. In another tweet, he said: "I did not understand "Uncle Tom" as a racist term, and there seems to be some debate about it. I do apologize for it, however."