South Carolina GOP activist and former chairman of the state elections commission Rusty DePass has apologized for saying a gorilla that escaped from a zoo was an "ancestor" of Michelle Obama.
The controversy started when FITSNews, a local politics Website, obtained a screengrab of DePass's comment on Facebook.
After an aide to state Attorney General Henry McMaster detailed the escape of the gorilla from Columbia's Riverbanks Zoo, DePass responded with a comment: "I'm sure it's just one of Michelle's ancestors - probably harmless."
DePass later admitted to WIS News that he was referring to Michelle Obama and said, "I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly in jest."
DePass, who was a county co-chair for Rudy Giuliani's 2008 campaign, supported the push to impeach President Bill Clinton in the late 90s, writing in an op-ed for The State, "Do Republicans have higher moral standards than Democrats?"
~do we need more proof that Republicans are racists?~ wild
1 comment:
I'd like to see some proof that Republicans are Racists. I'm a Republican and I'm not Racist. There are millions upon Millions of Republicans in this country. Show me some proof they are all racists. Its people like you that force me to be a Republican. Stupid comments like those show only a close minded, ignorant, hater, who probably needs to go back to posting illegal pornography. Do we really need anymore proof that Democrats and Liberals do nothing other than try to discredit a group of people while advocating for another group of people? Rusty Depass can go fuck himself btw.
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