http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/15/1402582/-Mayor-in-Washington-makes-disgusting-racial-remarks-about-the-Obamas-refuses-to-resign?detail=email
Racist? Nah, just good joking!
The mayor of Airway Heights, Washington—a suburb of Spokane—is refusing calls to resign despite immediate backlash regarding comments he made on Facebook:
The comment in full that was found on Patrick Rushing's Facebook page read: "Gorilla face Michelle, can't disagree with that. The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Barack. Check out them ears. LOL."
I showed Rushing the statement, and he confirmed he had posted it, so I asked him why he would write something like that.
"It's just playful back and forth banter that my friends and I do," said Rushing.
The Airway Heights City Council was unanimous in their desire to see him resign, but he's not budging:
"I will not step down. But I will do everything I can to turn the tide around."elected politicians that say or exhibit perfectly understood to be racist, bigoted remarks or actions were not elected to be playful with the one thing that does more to divide the country then time zones. if this city allows this guy to stay then it speaks more to their character than to his lack of character.
checkout the link below and the demographics better understanding of why this guy felt safe to say what he did with impunity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airway_Heights,_Washington
