Virginia mayor urged to resign after saying Biden tapped 'Aunt Jemima' as VP

[brooklynite]

New York Post

A Virginia mayor is facing calls to resign for a Facebook post saying Joe Biden “just announced Aunt Jemima” as his running mate in his bid for the White House.

Luray Mayor Barry Presgraves posted the comment late Sunday on his Facebook page. It was later removed, but not before the offensive remark was condemned by a council member, town officials and residents in the small town where he’s served as mayor since 2008.

“I am writing to strongly urge you to resign over a racist comment you made on Facebook,” Luray Councilmember Leah Pence wrote in an email to the three-term mayor who is not seeking re-election, WTOP reports. “The comment you posted has a type of humor that has not been appropriate or funny in my lifetime or yours.”

Pence said Presgraves’ “resignation is imperative” since she and many residents of the small town have lost faith in his ability to effectively lead after his racially charged post.

[Dawson Leery]

1. Today in conservatism...

[SheltieLover]

2. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

I doubt any of this bothers Kamala though. She is a tough lady & knows there are aholes out there.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I don't know if it bothers Kamala or not, but it bothers the hell out of me.

Remarks like this are totally unacceptable. When they come from an elected official, it is grounds to call for their resignation.

[SheltieLover]

4. Me too!

And he should be removed! Absolutely!

[a kennedy]

8. Me too.......just because the orange piece of shit says outlandish and racist stuff.....

everyone else thinks they can say shit too. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

[GemDigger]

9. Yea, me too. He just flipped my bitch switch to on.

I think I am going to call his office and ask him how it feels that people all over the country now know what an ass he is.

[lagomorph777]

5. Luray is very dependent on tourism.

Once tourism is possible again, this could really scare away a lot of tourists.

[customerserviceguy]

11. True, I've been there

Lots of small businesses off of I-81 that cater to people travelling on that road, if there's an announced boycott of them, it might persuade locals to pressure him to resign.

[dalton99a]

6. "Hell, no. I'm not resigning... I have a few months more to serve."

He's not running for re-election

[northoftheborder]

7. What a small narrow-minded jerk.

[GemDigger]

10. Here is his phone number.

http://www.townofluray.com/directory.html

We have a dedicated team of professionals who love Luray - our history and our community. Please feel free to call our Town Offices at [phone]

Press 1 for the mayors office. I left my name and state and congratulated him on letting people across the country know exactly what kind of man he is. Politics is now national and news carries far. It is time for you to retire.

[gratuitous]

12. Get a bigger Klan robe, Barry

The one you have is cutting off circulation to your brain.

[onetexan]

13. Disgusting racist

[Paladin]

14. Lucky for us, these assholes can't help themselves.

Expect a whole lot more of such racist garbage from now on.

[Nikki28]

15. And this

is one of my objections to a woman on the ticket,but I won't rain on anyone's parade because I will still vote for our team no matter what.I hope enough people start speaking up and that goes for anyone who sprew this crap. Call it out.Those two Hiltler loving freaks going to congress from NC and Georgia needs to be put on notice and let the world know what and who they are. I dread this election and will until it is over and hope by some miracle Trump's tricks do not work.

[Luciferous]

16. I'm guessing he will ignore the calls to resign if he isn't seeking reelection. What a racist

piece of shit