Illinois GOP official Jim Allen resigned last Thursday (June 20) amid outrage over controversial remarks he made toward a Black Congressional candidate.

In the statement, Allen called the woman a “street walker” who would only get a job to meet a minority “quota.”

Erika Harold was on the receiving end of Allen’s disrespectful remarks.

Jim Allen stepped down from his post as Montgomery County Republican Party chairman after an email he sent about former Miss America and GOP congressional candidate Erika Harold was published by Republican News Watch. Illinois Republican Party Chairman Jack Dorgan, who called the email “offensive and inappropriate,” accepted Allen’s resignation.