‘Mrs. YoMama’: Kansas lawmaker apologizes for e-mail making fun of Michelle Obama’s appearance
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 7th, 2012 5:36 am by HL
‘Mrs. YoMama’: Kansas lawmaker apologizes for e-mail making fun of Michelle Obama’s appearance
The speaker of the Kansas House has apologized after forwarding an e-mail that made fun of first lady Michelle Obama’s appearance and referred to her as “Mrs. YoMama.”
In Republican Mike O’Neal’s apology, first reported in the Lawrence Journal-World, he said he forwarded the e-mail without even reading it, and had no idea it referred to Mrs. Obama with a blatant racist slur.
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Rather than targeting potentially vulnerable Nashville Rep. Jim Cooper (D), the GOP instead moved to solidify its gains from the 2010 election. Republicans gained three seats in Tennessee in 2010 and, under the proposed map, should have little trouble holding on to their newfound 7-to-2 majority in the state’s congressional delegation over the next decade.
