I watched in stunned amazement a video clip of you using the phrase "Jew me down" while publicly speaking in your official capacity. As an American Jew, I can't decide which was more offensive, the use of that phrase oh, you mean they bargained you down, like a Jew? or your tasteless and smug, disingenuous apology after someone handed you a note pointing out the fact that you said what you said.
I understand that not many Jews live in Oklahoma only about 4,700 of them in the entire state and you may have had only a very limited experience in dealing with us, but, as my Jewish mother would say, what you said was not very nice. In fact, Mr. Johnson, you were kind of a jerk.
There's nothing funny about racial stereotypes. I suggest you spend a little time thinking about what you said and how it might actually be perceived by the people you are stereotyping. After that, I would suggest a visit to a Holocaust museum. You might want to give The Diary of Anne Frank a read. Because, after all, words matter.
Philip Halprin, Los Angeles