A woman who reportedly described herself as a “Confederate” and happens to be a school board candidate in suburban St. Louis, claims she isn’t racist.
Jeanie Ames once called Michelle Obama a “giant rat” on social media.
At the forum, she defended herself and said: “In no way was it a reflection of any Islamophobia at all.” She said her tweet was taken out of context comparing it with Trumps immigration ban. But Faizan Syed, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Missouri, didn’t find her argument invalid and asked Ames to apologize.
She did not apologize.
Ames is also a Republican And a Trump supporter and recently, had to face protesters who chanted “No White Supremacy, no Jeanie Ames” at her Cadillac as she drove away.
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