By Katrina A. Goggins, AP
Source: thegrio.com
A former South Carolina election official apologized Wednesday for his Internet posting that compared a gorilla to an ancestor of first lady Michelle Obama, calling his comments “a flippant remark made without thinking.”
Minutes after the report of a brief gorilla escape from a Columbia zoo Friday, former state Election Commission Chairman Rusty DePass posted on a Facebook page that he was sure “it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors — probably harmless.” The posting then was publicized on a South Carolina politics blog.
“It was wrong and foolish, and I deeply regret it and any pain it has produced … All I can do is ask you to forgive me,” DePass said in a prepared statement during an NAACP news conference in Columbia.
SC Republican issues apology for Michelle Obama gorilla comment
