I "misspoke". Rep. Murtha {Democrat} didn't completely rescind his statement.

Initially, "Murtha, the 17-term Democratic congressman, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on post-gazette.com: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area"

But after receiving complaints from some of his constitutients and other Western Pennsylvania, "On Thursday morning, Murtha's office released a statement saying, "I apologize for making the comment that 'Western Pennsylvania is a racist area.' While we cannot deny that race is a factor in this election, I believe we've been able to look beyond race these past few months, and that voters today are concerned with the policy differences of our two candidates and their vision for the future of our great country."

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/politics/17726961/detail.html

Fwiw, Murtha backed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.