“Gorilla face Michelle” Obama only attractive to “monkey man Barack”: WA mayor refuses to resign after racist Facebook rant
“If I do resign that’s admitting I’m a racist,” defiant Washington mayor declares
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“If they’re offended I apologize. It was not meant to be offensive to anybody.”
Rushing confirmed to local reporters that he posted a comment on Facebook recently that read:
Gorilla face Michelle, can’t disagree with that. The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Barack. Check out them ears. LOL
The Airway Heights City Council unanimously asked Rushing to step down as mayor of the small town but Rushing has refused. During a meeting on Monday, Mayor Rushing cited his right to free speech as an American and said he was working to “put this behind him.”
“I made a mistake. I owned up to my mistake,” Rushing said of his offensive Facebook post before adding, but “if I do resign that’s admitting I’m a racist and I’m not.” He went on, “My entire life, race has never been an issue.”
The Spokane NAACP, of which Rachel Dolezal is no longer the head, spoke out against Rushing’s comments, calling it “implausible that Mayor Rushing did not realize his comments were racist.”