An apparently racist joke made by a member of Clay, WV’s mayoral staff has cost the mayor her job — all because she seemed to think it was funny.
CLAY, W.Va. — Officials in this tiny West Virginia town are fighting for their community’s reputation following a nationwide uproar over racist comments about Michelle Obama that prompted the mayor to resign.
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. Joe Coleman, the town recorder, said the resignation was effective immediately; officials here are now scrambling to replace the mayor, who had three years left on her term.
Whaling resigned a day after the director of a government-funded nonprofit was removed from her position amid the backlash over her Facebook post.
After Donald Trump’s election as president, Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who was 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.”
That comment got the mayor fired. Apparently, Mrs. Obama saying that she has never been proud of America before her husband’s election isn’t disqualifying from public office, but insulting the first lady is.
Source: Washington Post
She is a racist and hates whites!
Tell him in two month he can have his job back…