{"id":47131,"date":"2016-12-25T05:33:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T05:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=47131"},"modified":"2016-12-25T05:36:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T05:36:16","slug":"paladino-wishes-obamas-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/paladino-wishes-obamas-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Paladino wishes Obamas death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Donald Trump ally has ignited widespread outrage after wishing for US President Barack Obama&#8217;s death and making racially charged comments about the first lady Michelle Obama saying she should live in Africa with a gorilla.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Carl Paladino &#8212; a businessman who served as a co-chairman of the president-elect&#8217;s New York State election campaign was asked what he would &#8220;most like to see happen&#8221; in 2017, the former Republican candidate for governor of New York state said he hoped Obama &#8220;catches mad cow disease after being caught having relations&#8221; with a type of beef cattle and &#8220;dies before his trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-47134\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RTR3JIPP.sized-770x415xc-1.jpg\" alt=\"Paladino\" width=\"777\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RTR3JIPP.sized-770x415xc-1.jpg 870w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/RTR3JIPP.sized-770x415xc-1-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When questioned what he would &#8220;most like to see go&#8221; next year, Paladino replied &#8220;Michelle Obama.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;d like her to return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla,&#8221; said the businessman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He made the incendiary jabs in a year-end feature published on Friday in Artvoice, a weekly newspaper in upstate New York.ladino&#8217;s remarks quickly spurred angry reaction on social media and drew the ire of elected officials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-47135\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/barack-michelle-obama-afp-650_650x400_71435692492.jpg\" alt=\"Paladino\" width=\"739\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andrew Cuomo &#8212; current New York governor who beat Paladino in 2010 &#8212; slammed his ex-rival&#8217;s comments as &#8220;racist, ugly and reprehensible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Paladino has a long history of racist and incendiary comments,&#8221; Cuomo said in a statement. &#8220;His remarks do not reflect the sentiments or opinions of any real New Yorker.&#8221;He has embarrassed the good people of the state with his latest hate-filled rage.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Donald Trump ally has ignited widespread outrage after wishing for US President Barack Obama&#8217;s death and making racially charged comments about the first lady Michelle Obama saying she should live in Africa with a gorilla. 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