Classy and intelligent First Lady Michelle Obama will be a great loss to America

Following last week's US election there have been numerous reports of hate, racism and abuse across the Pond.

While some may be exaggerated or lies the majority are fact.

Tuesday the Washington Post reported " W.Va. mayor resigns amid controversy over racist comments about Michelle Obama."

The comments?

Michelle Obama, 52, was referred to as an "ape in heels."

The orginal person commenting, Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who was director of the Clay County Development Corp, said she was happy that Mrs Obama was going to be replaced saying "It will be so refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady back in the White House.” She added: “I’m tired of seeing a Ape in heels.”

For this writer that means Ms Taylor is not only a bigot and racist but a fool.

The First Lady elect is a superficial looker but classy? Michelle Obama is a looker but so much more including classy and a positive role model for young women.

Still Ms Taylor may be one of those Americans fooled by Fox News into believing UKIPs interim leader Nigel Farage is the leader of the official opposition in the UK and working class. Hilarious.

So who is Melania Trump, 46?

Born in Slovenia, she became a permanent resident of the United States in 2001 and a citizen in 2006. She is to assume the role of First Lady of the United States on January 20, 2017. She will be the second foreign-born First Lady of the United States, following Louisa Adams in 1825.

Following her immigration to the United States, she appeared on the covers of Harper's Bazaar (Bulgaria), Ocean Drive, In Style Weddings, New York Magazine, Avenue, Allure, Vanity Fair (Italy), Vogue (following her marriage to Donald Trump), and GQ (UK). She was featured as a bikini model in the 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. As a model, she was associated with Irene Marie Management Group and Donald Trump's Trump Model Management.

Applying as a model of "extraordinary ability", Trump obtained a green card and became a lawful permanent resident in 2001, and citizenship in 2006. Wikipedia

Donald J Trump, 70, spearheaded the so-called birther movement against Barack Obama but it appears fine that his much younger wife is foreign born.

Was that ridiculous birther movement all about the colour of Pres. Obama's skin?

Mayor Beverly Whaling, who commented approvingly on the Facebook post comparing the first lady to an ape, turned in her letter of resignation Tuesday. Taylor, the director of a government-funded nonprofit group was removed from her position Tuesday.

Whaling tried to say she was not approving of Taylor's "ape in heels" statement but rather the election of Trump. But she did not call the other woman out.

Both women removed their comments and Facebook pages but it was too late.

Screengrabs are quick and lasting.

The incident quickly went viral and caused outrage.

But sadly such vile opinions and comments will continue but be shared privately.

After all you cannot fix STUPID.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/11/14/ape-in-heels-w-va-officials-under-fire-after-comments-about-michelle-obama/