From Colorlines:
A Southern California GOP member sent out an email to fellow party members last Friday, depicting President Obama as the child of apes. It’s just the latest in a series of highly racialized attempts to discredit the president’s legitimacy to hold office.
“Now you know why — No birth certificate!” Marilyn Davenport, tea party activist and member of the central committee of the Orange County Republican Party, wrote under the image [above] sent out last Friday.
Obviously racist, but instead of resigning for the action, as the Orange County Republican chairman has demanded that she do, she blamed the “liberal left” for revealing it and called the person who leaked it a “coward.”
Her reaction makes sense though, since she apologized for the misunderstanding.
“I’m sorry if my email offended anyone,” Davenport wrote. “In no way did I even consider the fact that he’s half black when I sent out the email … We all know a double standard applies regarding this president.” She also told the OC Weekly, “Oh, come on! Everybody who knows me knows that I am not a racist. It was a joke. I have friends who are black. Besides, I only sent it to a few people—mostly people I didn’t think would be upset by it.”
That shit has got to be boilerplate by now.