MN GOP Senate Candidate Once Compared Michelle Obama’s Posture To A Chimp’s

US President Donald Trump is seen on stage with Republican senatorial candidate Karin Housley (R) during a rally at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota on October 4, 2018. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) ... US President Donald Trump is seen on stage with Republican senatorial candidate Karin Housley (R) during a rally at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota on October 4, 2018. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The Republican state senator challenging Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) once compared former first lady Michelle Obama’s posture to that of Peggy, the chimpanzee costar of 1951’s “Bedtime for Bonzo,” HuffPost reported Monday.

“I do miss Nancy Reagan,” Minnesota Republican state senator and current U.S. Senate candidate Karin Housley wrote on Facebook in April 2009, after the Obamas met with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. “Ronald even more. Speaking of Bedtime for Bonzo, I think even that chimp stood up straighter than Michelle. Uh-oh, someone is going to make a comment.”

Former President Ronald Reagan, before his political career began, costarred in “Bedtime for Bonzo” opposite Diana Lynn.

HuffPost highlighted other social media comments by Housley, including when she wondered, also in April 2009, “Would we rather have our women in politics look like Hillary Clinton [or Sarah Palin]?” A few months later, she called Clinton a “porker in a royal blue pantsuit.”

Housley’s campaign didn’t immediately respond to TPM’s request for comment.

Campaign spokesperson Jake Schneider told HuffPost in a statement: “It’s not surprising the Huffington Post—basically an extension of the Democratic Party—would do Tina Smith’s dirty work for her. This is what the radical left does when they are losing—they attack Republicans so they don’t have to come up with solutions to the problems Minnesotans are facing.”

Read HuffPost’s full report here.

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  1. “Speaking of Bedtime for Bonzo, I think even that chimp stood up straighter than Michelle.”

    A few months later, she called Clinton a “porker in a royal blue pantsuit”.

    But, of course, it’s “the radical left” that abandoned civility.

  2. Campaign spokesperson Jake Schneider told HuffPost in a statement: “It’s not surprising the Huffington Post—basically an extension of the Democratic Party—would do Tina Smith’s dirty work for her. This is what the radical left does when they are losing—they attack Republicans so they don’t have to come up with solutions to the problems Minnesotans are facing.”

    Notice how not once was the nasty comments addressed.
    Exacly how was Housely’s disgusting comments helpful to solutions to the problems for Minnesotans when she made them?
    And so what if HuffPo is doing Sen. Tina Brown’s “dirty work” for her? It’s not like other right wing publications don’t dig through past comments made. All they’re doing is deflecting.

    But OF COURSE we must be civil and go high when they go low. Fuck that.

  3. Now would be a good time for Phil to find out if he and Sabres management are on the same page.

  4. Avatar for henk henk says:

    We’ve had out share of wingnuts (Michelle Bachman, Jesse Ventura was a different sort of nut, more benign) but these hardcore wackos used to be more hidden. The comment from her campaign spokesperson is not something they used to say out loud. I suppose Donald has emboldened them.

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