Republican Karin Housley is a state senator running to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate.

Karin Housley, a Republican running for a U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota, once compared former First Lady Michelle Obama to a chimp in 2009, according in a recently resurfaced Facebook post made public by HuffPost.

Housley is currently challenging Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith in a special election for the seat formerly occupied by Sen. Al Franken.

Facebook Screenshot from the Huffington Post

Housley reportedly wrote: “Michelle is soooo far from cool. Don’t we expect our First Ladies to at least stand up straight? (And my dear sister, know the proper etiquette and DO NOT TOUCH THE QUEEN!).”

Housley then commented on her own post by saying the chimpanzee in the 1951 Ronald Reagan film “Bedtime for Bonzo” had better posture than Obama.

“I do miss Nancy Reagan. Ronald even more. Speaking of Bedtime for Bonzo, I think even that chimp stood up straighter than Michelle. Uh-oh, someone is going to make a comment,” Housley wrote, according to screenshots posted by the Huffington Post.