Official in West Virginia on leave after racist post about Michelle Obama

[EarlG]

Source: Los Angeles Times

A local West Virginia official said she has been placed on leave after she made a racist post on Facebook about First Lady Michelle Obama.

Clay County Development Corp. director Pamela Ramsey Taylor made the post following Republican Donald Trump's election as president, saying: "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels."

Clay Mayor Beverly Whaling responded: "Just made my day Pam."

Taylor told WCHS-TV on Monday night that she was put on leave.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-west-virginia-racist-michelle-obama-post-20161115-story.html

[narnian60]

1. Sickening.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. On Leave is not enough. She needs firing. n/t

[Kingofalldems]

3. She resigned.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/11/14/ape-in-heels-w-va-officials-under-fire-after-comments-about-michelle-obama/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_pn-wvaobama-0620pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.feb3fc0bbf3c

[Tanuki]

8. The mayor, who commented favorably on the racist post, is the one who resigned.

The woman who actually made the post is reportedly on a leave of absence from her $68K a year (big money in Clay, WV) job with an agency that relies on federal and state grants. She has neither resigned nor been fired at this point.
http://www.hurherald.com/cgi-bin/db_scripts/articles?Action=user_view&db=articles_hurherald&id=64132

[NeoConsSuck]

12. Taylor was fired

http://www.eurweb.com/2016/11/wv-nonprofit-director-pamela-ramsey-taylor-fired-calling-michelle-obama-ape-heels/

[Judi Lynn]

4. She's "tired of seeing a Ape in heels." "A ape." I are horrified by seeing Ms. Taylor's photo.

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Wonder if she "gradiated" grade school.

I believe she is chewing her tongue in her selfie. Not a good look.

How desperate does a person have to be to claim Michelle Obama looks less than outstanding, anyway? My God.

I believe Rush Limbaugh claimed it was his lofty view she was overweight.

Why don't Republican racists ever have anything to say when they make their public statements?

[Judi Lynn]

5. Mayor in West Virginia resigns after racist Obama post

Mayor in West Virginia resigns after racist Obama post

John Raby, Associated Press

Updated 7:00 pm, Tuesday, November 15, 2016

CLAY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia mayor resigned Tuesday following a backlash after she posted a response to a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook.

The Clay Town Council accepted Mayor Beverly Whaling's resignation in a meeting late Tuesday afternoon and said it would act quickly to name a replacement for the remaining three years of her term.

The resignation came after another woman whose racist post Whaling responded to was placed on leave as director of the Clay County Development Corp.

Council member Jason Hubbard issued a brief statement condemning the "horrible and indecent" post and said racism and intolerance "isn't what this community is about." He apologized on behalf of the town to Michelle Obama and anyone who was offended.

More:
http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Official-in-West-Virginia-on-leave-after-racist-10615123.php

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Former Mayor Beverly Whaling. [/center]

[Thinkingabout]

6. More results like this is needed, the hate needs to stop, it has been all out war by the haters who

apparently feels they are entitled to say what ever when ever they please. I have said before, Michelle Obama has more class in the toe nails clipped 10 years ago than many who says things like this. Good riddance.

[ailsagirl]

7. OMG

[Hekate]

9. Disgusting. So the Slovenian "model" who married bigly and posed nekkid many times...

...lied about going to college, plagiarized from the FLOTUS, lives in a golden garishly over-decorated tower -- THAT's who these racist nitwits hold up as classy and dignified?

Why? Because as a European she is white?

It is to barf. Bigly.

[JI7]

10. this type of stuff has happened throughout obama's time in office . i think it should have gotten

more attention and outrage . many of these are public officials like these people.

[callous taoboy]

11. Sit back and watch, folks. Karma for these assholes. More to come.

They are feeling emboldened, like they can take us back to ultra-racist America. Not going to happen. They may try to erase Obama's legacy, but we are becoming a much more tolerant society thanks in no small part to the Obamas. They just can't stop that.

[narnian60]

13. Well said.

[MissMillie]

14. "classy, beautiful, dignified"?

the former porn star?