Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential hopeful, demanded on Monday that President Barack Obama fire his White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, over a reported expletive he is said to have uttered, CBS News reported.
According to a Wall Street Journal article cited by CBS, Emanuel told Democratic lawmakers during a political strategy session in August that they were “f——ng retarded” for planning to run advertisements against the conservative wing of the party for opposing health-care reform.
Palin’s youngest daughter is afflicted with Down Syndrome. The former Alaska governor posted a note on Facebook likening Emanuel’s comments to the infamous racial slur used to refer to African-Americans.
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