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When Winona County board candidate Brian Conner several months ago posted a photo of a baby monkey on his Facebook page with words over the photo reading “Obama’s baby picture,” he did so as a joke, he said.

He only took it down after others told him it was offensive, he said, and was unapologetic about it when questioned by the Daily News Friday after seeing evidence of the post.

“I thought it was kind of humorous,” Conner said in an interview Friday.

Conner readily admitted in the interview that he had posted the picture on his personal Facebook page several months ago. He said that eventually he “bowed to pressure” from others who told him the content was offensive, and deleted the post months ago.

The Daily News obtained a screenshot of the post, taken before the post had been deleted, and verified that it was on Conner’s page because the screenshot also included photos of Conner and other photos still available on his Facebook profile.