![]() Redditor u/ZomicN3rf posted a Friendship Ended With Mudasir edit, gaining over 50 points, Tumblr user aiaikawa posted a Fairly OddParents edit gaining over 2,100 notes and Twitter user a comic about it gaining over 3,600 retweets and 17,000 likes in less than 2 weeks (shown below, left to right). The art jokes were further highlighted by Nessa's popularity shortly after Sonia's announcement and respective popularity spike less than a week prior, with many memes pointing out how attention shifted away from Sonia following Nessa's announcement. Redditor Steelerskc12 also made a Rule 34 joke on /r/animemes (shown below, right). Redditor Manny4044 posted a You Are Already Dead joke about the character being Rule 34'd, gaining over 3,600 points in /r/Animemes. Many also joked about how the character was bound to be Rule 34'd. Twitter user did the same, gaining over 2,600 retweets and 10,000 likes (shown below, right). Twitter user posted art that gained over 6,000 retweets and 24,000 likes (shown below, left). "She may be from a small town, but this isn't a small issue for us" said Reginald Holmes, Vice President of Social Justice with the GMDMA. "It represents something about the Republican Party, it represents something about all of us if we sit idly by and let this kind of racism to continue from Colorado.At E3 2019, during Nintendo's Direct presentation, it announced that a playable demo was at E3 that year, and that players could challenge the game's Water-type Gym leader, Nessa (shown below).įans were quick to create fan art for the character after her reveal. Members of the Delta County Republican Central Committee initially told the Associated Press that Sorenson's Facebook account must have been hacked by liberals in an attempt to make the Republican Party look bad. House said Sorenson is "absolutely not" a racist, but rather racially insensitive. "This is unacceptable because racism isn't a laughing matter." Sorenson's reference to President Obama being a monkey is more than bad taste, it is more than disrespectful, it is a direct example of how racism is acceptable humor in our society," Sondra Young with NCAAP Denver said at a news conference Tuesday. The NAACP as well as the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance (GMDMA) is demanding Sorenson apologize and resign from her position. Yet many people are offended by the post. "I don't really care if people are offended by it," she told Salzman. In an interview Sorenson told Salzman her post was a joke. ![]() Sorenson shared the meme on her account in May and it was quickly picked up by internet blogger Jason Salzman of before being reported by national media. The meme depicts President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee with a photo taken from an old movie where former President Ronald Reagan bottle feeds the animal. ![]() ![]() What Linda did was she saw the post on Facebook and thought she 'liked' it, but instead it was shared on her account." "This is an internet meme that's been going around for years. "Linda is not the most Facebook adept person," House said. DENVER (CBS4) - A Republican committee chairwoman who posted a racist internet meme on her Facebook account is taking responsibility for the insensitive post.Ĭolorado GOP Chairman Steve House told CBS4's Kelly Werthmann that Delta County's Republican Chairwoman Linda Sorenson discussed the situation in a meeting with local elected leaders Monday evening. ![]()
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