Virginia mayor urged to resign after saying Biden picked 'Aunt Jemima as his VP'

[Polybius]

Source: NBC News

A Virginia mayor is facing calls for his resignation over a Facebook post in which he said that Joe Biden "just announced Aunt Jemima" as his running mate.

Luray Mayor Barry Presgraves posted the comment last weekend on his Facebook page. The comment was condemned by members of the Luray Town Council and other residents before he took it down that same weekend.

Luray is a town of less than 5,000 people, the majority of them white, according to the most recent census data. Four percent of the population is Black. The town is about 90 miles west of Washington, D.C.

A number of Black women were on Biden’s running mate short list, including Florida Rep. Val Demings; California Rep. Karen Bass, who leads the Congressional Black Caucus; Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; and Susan Rice, the former national security adviser to President Barack Obama.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1236601

[BumRushDaShow]

1. This is why that brand name needs to go.

[frazzled]

13. It's the mayor who has to go

Even if Aunt Jemima is gone as a product logo, people like this will still have plenty of options for their racist statements.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. That's a given

But when some brat keeps picking up rocks to throw at your windows because they are easily accessible, then at some point you need to remove the loose rocks so no one else gets the idea, and punish the kid.

[Roy Rolling]

2. Good Point, but More

Like the surname “Hitler”, let the T-word become a pariah, too.

That’s the brand name that’s killing Americans.

[DonaldsRump]

3. After WW II in Germany, there was Denazification

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denazification

We need a variant of that here.

The number one thing to do, if we win the Presidency and the Senate, along with holding the House, is to appoint one or more special prosecutors to bring to justice all those who have flouted the laws and Constitution since at least 2016. There needs to be TOTAL exposure of everyone involved so that the entire US and world can see what really happened. There also needs to be meaningful retribution. This CANNOT be swept under the rug, allowing bygones to be bygones.

Preet Bharara would be excellent in this role.

[thesquanderer]

4. Preet Bharara for Attorney General n/t

[louzke9]

5. GREAT IDEA!

[CountMyVote4Reality]

7. Yes. They must be held accountable.

And Preet Bharara would be a wonderful special prosecutor if he’s not the AG.

[CaptYossarian]

6. Roaches are everywhere and it's hard to get rid of them.

The 2-legged kind are just as bad.

[MrsCoffee]

8. The last paragraph destroys his "bottom of my heart" apology.

“I thought it was humorous," he said. "I had no idea people would react the way they did. I think people have gone overboard on this … It's an election year."

So much for completely understanding what he did was “wrong, offensive and unbecoming”.

[marble falls]

9. And when I call him an inbred incestuously married Klansman, its only an election year jibe.

Seriously, only a lighthearted nose tweak.

[efhmc]

10. Glad I read to the end where what he really thought was there to be seen. Not his "heartfelt"

apology.

[Jimbo S]

11. I stayed in that town one night three years ago

Beautiful area.

[onetexan]

16. Such a shame it's got a racist mayor in charge. I feel the same whenever i go to visit my inlaws

@foot of Ozarks in AR. Beautiful lakes and mountains, but inhabited by many rabid RW. Should be interesting to see how many 45 signs when we travel to see them @end of month.

[Paladin]

12. Racist piece of shit. Needs to be driven out of office. (nt)

[LakeArenal]

14. Pretty low bar. Even for them.

[riversedge]

17. "I thought it was humorous," he said. "I had no idea people would react the way they did. I think pe

The man is as dumb as a door nail.


.............Presgraves did not immediately return a request for an interview Thursday. He told the Page Valley News last Monday that he will not step down.

"Hell no, I'm not resigning," he told the newspaper. "The people elected me and I have a few months more to serve."

Presgraves, who is not running for reelection, told the newspaper that he did not anticipate his remark would be met with backlash.

"I thought it was humorous," he said. "I had no idea people would react the way they did. I think people have gone overboard on this … It's an election year."

[NurseJackie]

18. I think he's evil. I do NOT believe the apology he read. Someone else wrote it for him.