W.Va. official will return to work after calling Michelle Obama an ‘ape’

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The West Virginia nonprofit official who called First Lady Michelle Obama an “ape in heels” will go back to work this month after being suspended for the racist remark.

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported Monday that Pamela Taylor, the director of the Clay County Development Corp., will return to work on Dec. 23 after being indefinitely suspended for her Facebook post about Obama.

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