The North Carolina Republican Party has rebuked one of its mayoral candidates, Kimberley Paige Barnette, after she wrote “VOTE FOR ME! REPUBLICAN & SMART, WHITE, TRADITIONAL.” on her Facebook page.
Barnette, a former magistrate, has since removed and apologized for her remark, reports Jim Morrill with The Charlotte Observer. However, she then defended herself with this gem:
"There is a group called Congressional Black Caucus. I'm sorry if I described myself as white and it offended others."
If you're a person of color and you ever wondered why things didn't go your way in Mecklenburg County magistrate court, well, now you know why.
