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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:42 PM Aug 2020

Virginia Mayor Refuses To Resign For Racist Facebook Post About Joe Biden's VP Pick

The mayor of a small town in Virginia has rejected growing calls to resign for his racist Facebook post about presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s potential running mate in the 2020 election.

Barry Presgraves, the mayor of Luray, a Shenandoah Valley town some 60 miles north of Charlottesville, said he thought his comment — reportedly “Joe Biden has just announced Aunt Jemima as his VP pick” ― was “funny,” per multiple media outlets.

“Hell no, I’m not resigning,” Presgraves told Page Valley News. “The people elected me and I have a few months more to serve.”

“I had no idea people would react the way they did,” the mayor added. “If I had a chance to do it over, I wouldn’t do it. You can apologize all you want, but no one will believe it.”

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/virginia-mayor-racist-facebook-post-biden-095456874.html

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Virginia Mayor Refuses To Resign For Racist Facebook Post About Joe Biden's VP Pick (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
He is correct in one thing...no, I wont believe him. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #1
He's lucky that nobody knows where he lives or works... abqtommy Aug 2020 #2
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