After initially trying to downplay the whole affair and denying any intent at "race-baiting, " Progress Kentucky eventually had to swallow its medicine and apologize.

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Some say he was race-baiting, trying to fire up the base because he got a round of select boos from the NAACP audience.

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Her problem is that the Clinton campaign has already been accused of race-baiting, a particularly painful charge given Mr Clinton's previous appeal to black voters.

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