Republicans in Chisago County, Minn. tried to jump on the meme bandwagon by posting what they thought was a funny image on their Facebook page.
And while common sense would tell you a meme comparing slavery to abortion isn’t going to get you very many likes, the GOP culprit responsible just didn’t get it.
“Pro Choice. Against Slavery? Don’t buy one,” read the caption to a picture showing a slave auction.
Really?
Members of the local party said they could not confirm who the author of the post was, but they added that the page had a large number of administrators. They have since removed all users from the page until they find the culprit.
“The Chisago County Republican Party is very sorry that something so clearly improper (either intended or in poor taste) ever made it to our page,” wrote the party’s executive committee on Facebook. “Postings like this are not representative of our party. We are a party that believes in Freedom for all Americans regardless of race or religion. It is after all where the Republican Party came from in its origins, the anti-slavery movement.”
But not everyone felt that way.
At least one Minnesota Republican party member, however, did not condemn the post. Chris Fields, the Minnesota Republican Party secretary who is black, told the Star-Tribune that he found “absolutely nothing offensive about that (Facebook) post.”
There’s always one…
SOURCE: Huffington Post | PHOTO CREDIT: Facebook
