He’s all apologies here.

Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you – without a doubt – that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.

This is one of those bothersome apologies, saying, in essence, “We didn’t do anything wrong, really, but people were offended, anyway, so we’re sorry, because we don’t like taking the heat.” If there was no racist intent — and it’s clear that there wasn’t — then nobody is owed an apology. You apologize when you do something wrong, not when you haven’t.