RACIST REPUBLIKKKAN CALLS MICHELLE OBAMA A GORILLA

South Carolina GOP activist and former chairman of the state elections commission Rusty DePass posted on Facebook that a gorilla that escaped from a zoo was an "ancestor" of Michelle Obama.

DePass’s comment was a response to a Facebook post by an aide to state Attorney General Henry McMaster, who described in detail the escape of a gorilla from Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo Friday.

“I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors - probably harmless,” DePass wrote.

He later admitted that he was in fact referring to First Lady Michelle Obama.

“I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly in jest,” he told WIS News, a local television station who spoke to him exclusively.

The comment was immediately removed while DePass’ Facebook page was also later deleted, WIS reports.

I agree he took this too far with the gorilla comment. Everyone knows, regardless if it was meant as a joke or not, the minute you refer gorillas or any species of monkeys to black folks is considered racist. Sorry just ain't gonna cut it. In my opinion, you're only sorry because you got caught. Also, I don't think because the Obama's are looked at as the saviors of the mess that Bush left us with that there shouldn't be jokes made about them. It should be fare game to make jokes about the Obamas (if they are actually funny), but as far as racist jokes are concerned, they should be left amongst your buddies you go geese hunting with (mainly Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh).