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Minnesota Senate candidate Karin Housley compared Michelle Obama to a ‘chimp’ in 2009

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October 15, 2018 at 11:33 p.m. EDT
Karin Housley, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, walks to the stage at a campaign rally held by President Trump at Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn., on Oct. 4. (Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

Minnesota Republican Senate nominee Karin Housley once compared Michelle Obama to a “chimp,” according to a Facebook posting, HuffPost reported Monday.

In the 2009 post, Housley opined on the then-first lady’s posture and compared her to a chimpanzee from the 1951 film, “Bedtime for Bonzo,” which starred Ronald Reagan.