Va. GOP orders affiliate to remove offensive Obama photos [View all]
Source: Washington Post
RICHMOND — State Republican Party officials on Tuesday ordered their Mecklenburg County affiliate to remove photos portraying President Obama as a witch doctor, a caveman and a thug from its Facebook page.
The photos have been on the Mecklenburg County Republican Committee’s page for months, but drew attention outside the rural southwestern enclave after a luncheon event this week with Republican Senate candidate George Allen.
“These kinds of images have no place in political discourse — period,” said Pat Mullins, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. “They are offensive, tasteless and should never have been posted anywhere, let alone a local unit’s Facebook page. The Republican Party of Virginia condemns this sort of imagery in the strongest possible terms. I am in the process of contacting our Mecklenburg County unit to inform them that this is unacceptable behavior from any local unit associated with our party.”
As part of a campaign swing through the southwestern part of the state, the former senator and governor held a business roundtable luncheon Monday that the committee had helped promote. ProgressVA, a group that supports Allen’s Democratic opponent, former governor Timothy M. Kaine, found the images among 100 “wall photos” posted on the committee’s Facebook page.
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