Racist? Nah, just good joking!
The mayor of Airway Heights, Washington—a suburb of Spokane—is refusing calls to resign despite immediate backlash regarding comments
he made on Facebook:
The comment in full that was found on Patrick Rushing's Facebook page read: "Gorilla face Michelle, can't disagree with that. The woman is not attractive except to monkey man Barack. Check out them ears. LOL."
I showed Rushing the statement, and he confirmed he had posted it, so I asked him why he would write something like that.
"It's just playful back and forth banter that my friends and I do," said Rushing.
The Airway Heights City Council was unanimous in their desire to see him resign, but he's not budging:
"I will not step down. But I will do everything I can to turn the tide around."