A Pennsylvania Republican official suggested Tuesday that a man was ?mentally retarded? because he was a supporter of President Barack Obama.
Jim Roddey, the Allegheny County GOP chair and former county executive, made the joke at a victory party for a candidate for state senate who was elected Tuesday in a special election, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
?There was a disappointment tonight. I was very embarrassed,? Roddey said. ?I was in this parking lot and there was a man looking for a space to park, and I found a space for him. And I felt badly ? he looked like he was sort of in distress.?
?And I said, ?Sir, here?s a place,?? Roddey continued. ?And he said, ?That?s a handicapped space.??
?I said, ?Oh I?m so sorry, I saw that Obama sticker and I thought you were mentally retarded.?
The crowd was reportedly highly amused, and ?hollered and clapped? at the joke.
The Post-Gazette noted that Roddey is a long-time ?vocal supporter? of Mitt Romney.
Neither the Romney campaign nor the Obama campaign immediately responded to request for comment.
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