Tag: Carl Paladino

The vote comes almost a week to the day that Paladino’s racially insensitive comments sparked controversy. In a response to questions from a Buffalo alt-weekly Artvoice, Paladino said he wished President Barack Obama die of Mad Cow disease and First Lady Michelle Obama “return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe.”

“I’d like her to return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortably in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla,” he said of First Lady Michelle Obama.