NY GOP Lawmaker Called Melissa Harris-Perry ‘Damn Dirty Ape’ static01.mediaite.com/med/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hp-coughlan.jpg assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1780961.1399352612!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/tweet6n-8-web.jpg?enlarged Jim Coughlan said on Twitter, ‘Keep your stinking paws off my kid, you damned dirty ape.’ [ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/upstate-pol-stirs-race-furor-tweet-msnbc-anchor-article-1.1780967 (with embedded video report, and comments)] May 7th, 2014 http://www.mediaite.com/online/ny-gop-lawmaker-called-melissa-harris-perry-a-damn-dirty-ape/ [with comments]