Washington Mayor calls Michelle 'gorilla face', says 'she is attractive only to monkey man Obama'

August 03, 2015 09:23

Washington state Mayor Patrick Rushing has triggered outrage after he compared United States President Barack Obama's family to monkeys and called First Lady Michelle 'gorilla face' on his Facebook post.

According to website KXLY, Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing was slammed when he admitted that it was he who had posted the offensive comment on his Facebook page.

Gorilla face Michelle, cant disagree with that, the message said. The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Barack. Check out them ears. LOL. (sic)

However, when the Airway Heights City Council asked him to step down from his post over his controversial remark, Rushing refused to do so.

I made a mistake. I owned up to my mistake. If I do resign thats admitting Im a racist and Im not, said Rushing as per the Spokesman-Review.

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