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Pennsylvania Mayor Asked to Resign for Racist Facebook Posts
Source: Associated Press
Pennsylvania Mayor Asked to Resign for Racist Facebook Posts
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YORK, Pa. — Sep 29, 2016, 4:40 PM ET
The mayor of a small central Pennsylvania town is being asked to resign over racist posts on his Facebook page, including two depicting apes with captions referring to President Barack Obama and his family, and one referring to lynching.
One image from June on the Facebook page of West York Mayor Charles Wasko is of a wagon or wheelbarrow full of orangutans, including the caption, "Aww ... moving day at the Whitehouse has finally arrived." The wheelbarrow has the slogan "Kenya or bust" on it.
A picture of a grinning chimpanzee doesn't have a caption, but a comment posted on the mayor's page Feb. 14 says, "Most think it is Obama's picture......sorry its Moochelles baby photo" — an apparent reference to first lady Michelle Obama.
Wasko was elected mayor of the borough of about 4,500 residents, about 100 miles west of Philadelphia, in 2013. Running unopposed as a Republican, he tallied 202 votes, against 78 write-in ballots for other candidates.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YORK, Pa. — Sep 29, 2016, 4:40 PM ET
The mayor of a small central Pennsylvania town is being asked to resign over racist posts on his Facebook page, including two depicting apes with captions referring to President Barack Obama and his family, and one referring to lynching.
One image from June on the Facebook page of West York Mayor Charles Wasko is of a wagon or wheelbarrow full of orangutans, including the caption, "Aww ... moving day at the Whitehouse has finally arrived." The wheelbarrow has the slogan "Kenya or bust" on it.
A picture of a grinning chimpanzee doesn't have a caption, but a comment posted on the mayor's page Feb. 14 says, "Most think it is Obama's picture......sorry its Moochelles baby photo" — an apparent reference to first lady Michelle Obama.
Wasko was elected mayor of the borough of about 4,500 residents, about 100 miles west of Philadelphia, in 2013. Running unopposed as a Republican, he tallied 202 votes, against 78 write-in ballots for other candidates.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pennsylvania-mayor-asked-resign-racist-facebook-posts-42450089
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Does anyone else find wide-spread, Republican crimes interesting? Which Republican candidate - or office holder - will Reich-wing F.B.I. agents investigate someday?
Guess what other ancient monster Republican candidates plan to evoke from antiquity?
