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West Virginia Official Fired for Calling FLOTUS 'Ape in Heels' Is Reinstated

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12/12/16 10:20pm
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In November, a West Virginia government employee was fired after she composed an egregiously racist Facebook post referring to Michelle Obama as an “ape in heels.” However, on December 23 she will be reinstated. Forgive and forget, I always say!

Racist West Virginia Officials Call Michelle Obama an 'Ape in Heels'

Rachel Vorona Cote
11/14/16 10:00pm
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We have never deserved Michelle Obama: it’s a truth made more certain with each passing day. And we’ve been reminded anew by two grotesquely racist officials in West Virginia who recently referred to her as an “ape in heels.”

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