Colorado county Republican chair quits over racist Obama meme

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Colorado county Republican chair quits over racist Obama meme

Associated Press in Delta, Colorado
Saturday 2 July 2016 23.50 BST

The chairwoman of the a Colorado county Republican party has resigned, after being accused of favoritism and posting a racist meme that compared President Barack Obama to a chimpanzee on her Facebook page.

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported the appearance of the photo on Linda Sorenson’s Facebook page.

“Sorensen posted a black-and-white picture of former president Ronald Reagan bottle-feeding a chimp named Bonzo in the 1951 movie Bedtime for Bonzo,” the newspaper wrote. “Above and below the picture, someone added: ‘I’ll be dammed ... Reagan used to babysit Obama!’”

Sorenson stepped down after an accountability meeting was convened by Delta County’s Republican central committee, announcing her decision to resign in an email to supporters.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/02/colorado-delta-county-republican-chair-racist-obama-meme

[rurallib]

1. they post shit like that because that is what is acceptable in their corcles

then I bet she was shocked that there is a whole world outside of their bubble that finds it very offensive.

Which is why Trump is so popular among a certain segment - he is saying out loud what is said behind closed doors.

[abbeyco]

2. It's about damned time

After the hack excuse went south and then her attempts to act all trumpian and tell people not to read her FB page, we're finally at this point - she's out. She's an unrepentant fool who evidently felt she was untouchable with her filthy racism.