Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE performed in a racially tinged skit at an annual New York City press dinner as the controversy surrounding former president Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonBarr says Ginsburg 'leaves a towering legacy' Trump reacts to Ginsburg's death: 'An amazing woman who led an amazing life' Jimmy Carter remembers Ruth Bader Ginsburg as 'a beacon of justice' MORE’s defense of his wife’s “superpredator” remark continues to swirl.

Clinton took the stage for a surprise appearance at Saturday’s Inner Circle Dinner and proceeded to needle Mayor Bill de Blasio for his belated endorsement.

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"I just have to say thanks for the endorsement, Bill. Took you long enough,” Clinton told her former campaign manager.

“Sorry, Hillary, I was running on C.P. time,” de Blasio replied to gasps from the crowd.

As Raw Story explains, “C. P. time,” or “colored people time,” refers to "the stereotype that African Americans generally tell as a reason for being late to an event or a traditionally black event not beginning on time.”

"Hamilton" star Leslie Odom Jr., who is black, was onstage with de Blasio and Clinton. “I don’t like jokes like that,” he said to the mayor.

Clinton then appeared to rescue de Blasio by saying he meant "cautious politician time.”

The skit did not go over well with social media, where many users took issue with the racial nature of the material:

Sorry, there is no rational explanation for this blunder #NotFunny https://t.co/3JJM0hJm5E — Lorm (@lormzic) April 11, 2016

BREAKING POINT: I AM NO LONGER A DEM

HILLARY & de Blasio ... joke about Colored People Timehttps://t.co/cvuZ5xAoQ0 pic.twitter.com/CPK2iU0IB9 — Michael Allen Martin (@michaelallenmar) April 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio made a racist joke together.

How much information do you need to prove she ain't here for us? — Venus Selenite (@venusselenite) April 11, 2016

Bill Clinton clashed with Black Lives Matters protesters last week when he defended his wife’s 1996 description of some violent young people as “superpredators.”