An official in Clay, West Virginia, who was placed on leave after making a Facebook post that referred to First Lady Michelle Obama as "an ape in heels" has been reinstated, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
The Associated Press reported Nov. 15 that Clay County Development Corp. Director Pamela Ramsey Taylor made a since-deleted Facebook post that said, "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels."
Taylor made the post days after Donald Trump was elected president, referring to Trump's wife Melania and Michelle Obama, respectively.
The Clay County Development Corp. is a non-profit, private organization.
Clay, West Virginia, Mayor Beverly Whaling commented, "Just made my day Pam."
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Petitions followed calling for both to resign.
Whaling turned in her resignation Nov. 15 and the Clay Town Council accepted. Taylor was placed on leave.
The Gazette-Mail reported that, according to the letter from Clay County Development Corp. Acting Director Leslie McGlothin to the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services, Taylor is scheduled to return to her position Dec. 23.
Robert Roswall, commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services, said in a Nov. 14 letter that "any discrimination of staff or the customers (they) serve" may lead to a loss of state and federal funding for the organization.
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