Louise Linton apologizes for ‘inappropriate,’ ‘insensitive’ comments on Instagram

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Louise Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, apologized Tuesday for lashing out at a woman on social media and insinuating she had sacrificed more for the U.S. because she was rich.

“I apologize for my post on social media yesterday as well as my response,” Linton told CNN through a publicist. “It was inappropriate and highly insensitive.”

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