US Presidential Election has come to an end but still supporters of both camps still haven't had enough against each other. For instance, there was a mayor of a town in the United States of West Virginia who stepped out from her office for a controversy over racists comments about Michelle Obama.
The mayor's name was Beverly Whaling. She commented approvingly on a Facebook post comparing the first lady, Michelle Obama, to an ape, turned in her letter of resignation.
It happened recently, after Pamela Ramsey Taylor, the director of a local government-funded nonprofit group ,was removed from her position over a Facebook post which is the same post Whaling allegedly confirmed, Time reports.
The West Virginia mayor who lauded a friend’s post calling Michelle Obama an “ape in heels” has resigned https://t.co/nvY0PDV2f3 pic.twitter.com/RRlVqnk3GB
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 16, 2016
Official removed from post after calling Michelle Obama "ape in heels" https://t.co/FS8q2OaACt pic.twitter.com/gDsdP32DJ0 — Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) November 15, 2016
Also after Donald Trump's election as a president, Taylor 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. I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels." As of now, Michelle Obama's comment was not yet released.
On the other hand , Whaling defended as quoted: " I was referring to my day being made for a change in the White House! I am truly sorry for any hard feeling this may caused!", BBC reported.
It was also said that the county has no African American residents according to 2010 census. It is further stated that as a whole, more than 98% of its residents are white.
Could it be because of the county's population that suggest them to be racist?
