A local West Virginia official was placed on leave after she posted a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook, and the local mayor who responded positively to the racist comment has resigned.

The town recorder in Clay, West Virginia, said Tuesday that Mayor Beverly Whaling's resignation is effective immediately.

Clay County Development Corp. director Pamela Ramsey Taylor made the post following Republican Donald Trump's election as president, saying: "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels."

Whaling responded: "Just made my day Pam."

Taylor told WCHS-TV on Monday night that she was put on leave.

Meanwhile, Whaling issued a written apology to news media outlets saying that her com

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