Washington (CNN) A prominent African-American pastor who supports Donald Trump apologized Tuesday for a tweet featuring a cartoon of Hillary Clinton in blackface, but said he stood by the message he was trying to convey that Democrats take black voters for granted. "I prayed that those who I offended really receive ... a sincere apology, because it was never my intention to hurt or to offend anyone," Pastor Mark Burns told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day." "But the message is very clear in what I was trying to say. Obviously, my message, I stand by it, but the methodology, I do not."Trump surrogate Mark Burns defended his tweet of Clinton in blackfaceBurns tweeted in Clinton's voice, accusing her of pandering for African-American votes
"I am a black man, I am speaking from the perspective of a black _ man who lives in a society where we are at the bottom of the totem pole and yet we are still voting en masse for the same policies that are keeping us here," Burns said.