An elected representative in North Louisiana is catching heat for an offensive social media post about Muslims. Ouachita Parish Police Juror Jack Clampit shared a picture on his personal Facebook page Thursday that some people say is not only offensive toward an entire religion, but is also racist.

The image shows an apparent Muslim man wearing a traditional Taqiyah, or a skull cap, on a toilet.

Text at the top of the image says, "This is a Muslim they don't use toilet paper they use their hand." On the bottom of the image, it says, "This is Starbucks. they vow to hire 10,000 Muslims Enjoy your coffee." The image Clampit shared was previously posted by an account by the name of Peter Pachecos.

First, the part about Muslims is a lie and an often repeated false stereotype.

The second part is also false.

Starbucks said back in 2017 they would hire 10,000 refugees from different countries and of different backgrounds.

Ouachita Parish is one of the most populated areas in North Louisiana, with more than 150,000 residents as of the last census. Jack Clampit represents District B, which is most of the area south of Interstate 20 and west of the Ouachita River, with some exceptions. At the parish's center are the cities of West Monroe and Monroe. The Police Jury holds its meetings at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse in Monroe.

There are three Starbucks locations in Monroe, one of which is at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

A Muslim student at ULM said this is unacceptable.

"Being a Muslim, I feel targeted, and it's just like not everyone does that. Not every Muslim is like that, and I'm appalled that a public figure would share something like this. If they are thinking this way then I don't know if I want to be here," Ahmed Mujtaba said.

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Many people have voiced opinions on our Facebook page, including some who have called for Clampit to resign.

One person said,

"He needs to step down! I had him in my friends list and deleted him a long time ago because of his racism and bigotry."

Another said,

"At the very least, Clampit needs to apologize and really should resign. Jack does a lot for his community, such as the Bawcomville Christmas parade, but this was very inappropriate for an elected official."

Others supported Clampit, with one saying,

"Post it again! Welcome to the West. Where we don’t do political correctness and we don’t care about offending idiots. Don’t like it? Go back to the mid east or live in some marxist blue state."

Another supporter said,

"It's his personal page, he should be able to do what he wants to on it! If the Muslim don't like it don't be on it!!!"

Yet, others said it's just Facebook and anyone offended should just brush it off.

Clampit has been a police juror for years and has gone on the record about many topics.

We reached out to Clampit for a response to this story.

We haven't heard back.

Ed. Note: In Louisiana, a police juror is part of a parish (or county) governing body, like a county commissioner.

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