A firestorm over racist comments about Michelle Obama has claimed the mayor of a tiny West Virginia town who has resigned. Mayor Beve...
A firestorm over racist comments about Michelle Obama has
claimed the mayor of a tiny West Virginia town who has resigned.
Mayor Beverly Whaling, who had commented approvingly on a
Facebook post comparing the first lady to an ape, turned in her letter of
resignation Tuesday.
After Donald Trump’s election as president, Pamela Ramsey
Taylor, director of the Clay County Development Corp., took to social media to
comment on the upcoming shift from Obama to Melania Trump, writing: “It will be
so refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady back in the
White House.”
She added: “I’m tired of seeing a Ape in heels.” NBC
affiliate WSAZ reported that Whaling, the mayor, then replied, “Just made my
day Pam.”
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