A tea party activist and elected member of the Orange County Republican central committee said she will not heed calls to resign because she emailed a picture of President Barack Obama's face on the body of a chimpanzee. Marilyn Davenport of Fullerton recently emailed a picture of Obama's face superimposed over a baby chimp's face with the caption, "Now you know why — No birth certificate!"
OC Weekly political blogger R. Scott Moxley reported on the email, causing civil rights activists and some Republicans, including county GOP Chairman Scott Baugh, to call for her to resign from the county central committee.
Baugh told the Los Angeles Times he received the email Friday afternoon and sent a reply email telling Davenport it was "dripping with racism and is in very poor taste."
He said he thought the Orange County Republican's ethics committee should take up the matter.
"I saw the e-mail and I thought it was despicable,'' Baugh told the OC Weekly.
When Moxley reached her for comment, she said, "You're not going to make a big deal about this, are you? Oh, come on! Everybody who knows me knows I am not a racist. "It was a joke. I have friends who are black.''
City News Service was unable to contact her Saturday. Read More
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