article_snippet: There are no excuses for my behavior.
article_snippet: I never considered it a possibility.
article_snippet: But it wasn't until Wednesday that he spoke out he.
article_snippet: Some have wondered why I haven't spoken out publicly.
article_snippet: The truth is, I've had a mix of pain, shame, sorrow and fear over the consequences of my actions," he said.
article_snippet: I did not want to apologize to the press or to the whole country first, until I came here to apologize to the community most directly impacted.
article_snippet: Meeting with a few people does not change what I did, but it has begun to change me, and my understanding of those hateful words.
article_snippet: CNN's Faith Karimi, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Justin Lear contributed to this report.