Presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn’t seem to think much of the apology from Shane Gillis, a new 'Saturday Night Live’ cast member who used a racial slur to refer to Yang in a May podcast, but he doesn’t think the comedian should lose his job.

Yang, the first Asian-American man to run for the nation’s highest office, initially took to Twitter to congratulate Bowen Yang after ‘SNL’ announced he was moving from the writing staff to become the show’s first Asian-American cast member.

Congrats @bowenyang! Hope you play me on SNL. 😀👍 — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 13, 2019

Then he turned his attention to Shane Gillis, a native of Mechanicsburg who was named as a new member of SNL’s cast last week, and immediately came under fire for a history of using anti-Asian slurs.

Gillis had tweeted out a statement in which he apologized -- or indicated he would apologize -- to anyone offended by his jobs, saying he was sometimes “pushes boundaries” and that resulted in “a lot of bad misses.”

Yang made clear he didn’t think much of the apology.

Shane - I prefer comedy that makes people think and doesn’t take cheap shots. But I’m happy to sit down and talk with you if you’d like. https://t.co/YxbzQ5WVLX — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 14, 2019

But then he struck a forgiving tone, saying he did not think Gillis should lost his SNL job. "For the record, I do not think he should lose his job,' Yang tweeted. “We would benefit from being more forgiving rather than punitive. We are all human.”

Democratic presidential candidate entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP

For the record, I do not think he should lose his job. We would benefit from being more forgiving rather than punitive. We are all human. — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 14, 2019

In another tweet, Yang talked about being the target of racial slurs. “It can be extraordinarily hurtful to feel like you are somehow not part of the only country you have ever known,” he wrote. “.I have certainly felt that - the churning sense of alienation, anger and marginalization.”

But I took the time to watch and listen to Shane’s work. He does not strike me as malignant or evil. He strikes me as a still-forming comedian from central Pennsylvania who made some terrible and insensitive jokes and comments. — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 15, 2019

I think we have, as a society, become excessively punitive and vindictive concerning people’s statements and expressions we disagree with or find offensive. I don’t think people should be losing jobs unless it’s truly beyond the pale and egregious. — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) September 15, 2019