An employee of a non-profit organization in West Virginia has been removed from her position after she posted a racist Facebook status about First Lady Michelle Obama.
Facebook / Via clayberry.org
“It will be so refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady back in the White House. I’m tired of seeing an Ape in heels,” wrote Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who worked as a director of the Clay County Development Corporation.
The status was first reported by local station WSAZ on Nov. 14, but it is unclear when Taylor originally posted the status.
Clay County Mayor Beverly Whaling commented on Taylor’s status, saying, “Just made my day Pam.”
Facebook / Via clayberry.org
Taylor and Whaling quickly came under fire for their comments. One petition calling for their resignations currently has more than 114,000 signatures.
Taylor’s Facebook page appears to have either been taken down or made private, but some outlets have reported that she wrote an apology.
On Tuesday, an employee for the Clay County Development Corporation, which the Washington Post reported is partly taxpayer funded, confirmed to BuzzFeed News that Taylor was no longer with the organization.
“Ms. Taylor has been removed from her position. She is not in the building,” the employee said.
The director of the Clay County Development Corporation did not immediately respond to a request for clarification if Taylor was still employed in any capacity or had been fired.
Mayor Whaling told the Washington Post in a statement that her comment on Taylor’s Facebook post “was not intended to be racist at all,” and that she was “referring to my day being made for change in the White House!”
BuzzFeed News has reached out to Taylor and Whaling’s office for comment.
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