Minnesota's state Republican Party chairwoman on Tuesday apologized to Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) after a Facebook post referred to the Muslim lawmaker as “Minnesota’s Head Muslim Goat Humper.”

The now-deleted message — posted on the official Facebook page of Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional District Republican Party — featured the text superimposed over a picture of Ellison, asking: "Does this mean Muslim Refugees coming to Western Minnesota?"

Minnesota Republicans call Keith Ellison "Muslim Goat Humper" https://t.co/lOC08i8A7M pic.twitter.com/Ssm3jTFm68 — City Pages (@citypages) May 2, 2017

Jennifer Carnahan referred to the post as "repugnant hate speech" in an interview with the Star Tribune.

“As chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota I absolutely would like to issue an apology to Congressman Ellison,” Carnahan said. She added that she wouldn't identify who made the original Facebook post, but said that they "resigned immediately."

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Carnahan also issued a separate response on Facebook.

“I have asked for the immediate resignation of the individual responsible for this action,” she wrote in the post. “As Chair, I will not tolerate such activity from anyone associated with our party."

Ellison on Tuesday in a tweet thanked Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chairman Ken Martin and linked to a statement by Martin.

The statement defends Ellison and links the Facebook post to President Trump Donald John TrumpTrump says he doesn't think he could've done more to stop virus spread Conservative activist Lauren Witzke wins GOP Senate primary in Delaware Trump defends claim coronavirus will disappear, citing 'herd mentality' MORE’s rhetoric.

“The ignorance and bigotry displayed in this post is staggering and disheartening. Americans across the country have witnessed a disturbing increase in this type of threatening behavior and fear mongering since the election of Donald Trump, and now it seems the Minnesota Republican Party is embracing it all too much,” Martin wrote.

“This disgusting, racist and hateful sentiment has no place in Minnesota. Chairwoman Carnahan should be ashamed and owes an apology to Congressman Ellison and all Minnesotans.”

- Updated at 11:46 a.m.