School Board Member Blames Her Racist Facebook Posts on Michelle Obama, NFL Protesters
Donna Pike, a member of the Jefferson County School Board, recently sharing a meme about Obama Administration senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, invoking the sentiments of the now-infamous tweet by noted conspiracy theorist, and Trump supporter Rosanne Barr, calling the former Obama Administration senior advisor a “Muslim born in Iran.”
“She’s not a Muslim, she’s an American” Chaverst told the members of the board about Jarrett. “But your school board member stands with Roseanne.” Chavers went on to show other racist-adjacent memes posted by Pike, including one of Michelle Obama refusing to salute the flag. Pike shooed Chaverst away with her hand as he explained:
“I shared it, and I’m not sorry I did,” said Pike. “And I meant it because it shows hypocrisy in our country. Some people can get away with it and some people can’t. It was not racist.” Apparently unaware that First Lady is neither an elected nor an appointed position, Pike went on to say that she sympathized with Roseanne because if Barr’s tweet was offensive, then others should be fired too.
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