US Mayor resigns after reply to Michelle Obama 'ape in heels' Facebook post causes outrage
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
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Clay County Development Corp. director Pamela Ramsey had reportedly posted after Donald Trump's election: "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House.
"I'm tired of seeing
Mayor Whaling responded: "Just made my day Pam."
Ramsey was also reportedly fired.
RACIAL SLURS
Barack Obama's eight years in office have been marred by racial slurs against the nation's first
Clay has a population of less than 500, according to the 2010 census, and is the seat of Clay County in West Virginia, part of the South where the legacy of slavery still runs deep.
The furor over the racist comment, and the mayor's seemingly agreeable
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Whaling had apologized in a statement to Monday to The Washington Post, writing: "My comment was not intended to be racist at all."
Michelle Obama emerged as a hugely popular surrogate for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail.
Trump, a billionaire businessman, won West Virginia's five electoral votes, helping him to his unexpected triumph over Clinton. All the country's votes have not yet been counted.
US Mayor resigns after reply to Michelle Obama 'ape in heels' Facebook post causes outrage
Beverly Whaling, the mayor of the tiny town of Clay, had appeared to applaud the incendiary comment and stepped down Tuesday amid the ensuing firestorm, according to a town official, Joe Coleman.