( CNN ) -- A California Republican group censured one of its own Thursday , saying her words and actions since sending an e-mail last month depicting President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee have been potentially offensive , damaging and insincere . Capping a meeting Thursday , the Orange County Republican Party 's executive committee voted 12-2 Thursday to issue an ethics censure against Marilyn Davenport . GOP official sorry for racist e-mail . `` The Republican Party of Orange County condemns racism in any form , and this censure is consistent with that position , '' the group said in a statement . A phone call Thursday night to Davenport , for her comment on the censure , was not immediately returned . Last month , she found herself in a storm of controversy after forwarding an e-mail she says she received from a friend . It contained a doctored photo styled like a family portrait , showing two adult chimpanzees and a baby . The younger chimpanzee had a photo of Obama 's face superimposed over the animal 's face . The caption that ran with the photo read , `` Now you know why no birth certificate . '' Davenport , who is a Tea Party activist and an elected member of the central committee of the Republican Party of Orange County , said she felt the e-mail was a joke , CNN affiliate KTLA reported . It referred to debate over whether or not Obama was born in the United States . Soon after it came out , the county 's GOP chairman , Scott Baugh , called for Davenport 's resignation in a Twitter message posted on the group 's website . California 's Democratic Party has also demanded that Davenport step down . In an apology that included two Bible passages , Davenport initially said she would not repeat her error . `` I am an imperfect Christian lady who tries her best to live a Christ-like honoring life , '' the statement said . `` I would never do anything to intentionally harm or berate others regardless of ethnicity . So I ask for your forgiveness , for I am truly sorry . '' Later , on April 20 , she told reporters she wanted to `` humbly apologize and ask for your forgiveness for my unwise behavior . '' Davenport admitted that , `` unintentionally , I have offended many '' -- though she insisted that she was not racist . She has refused to resign , citing what she called an overwhelming number of appeals she has gotten from her constituency asking her not to do so . She represents the state 's 72nd Assembly District for the Republican Central Committee . In its statement Thursday , the Orange County Republican committee called out Davenport and said that she was aware the e-mail `` could be viewed as offensive . '' `` Then instead of owning up to her mistake and putting an end to the story , Mrs. Davenport immediately sought to blame others and downplay the matter as a joke , '' the GOP committee said , calling the first apology she 'd made in a statement `` not contrite '' and `` conditional . '' The committee viewed her second apology as more sincere , while noting that the `` three-day delay in issuing that apology resulted in a torrential barrage of unnecessary media attention . '' `` Finally , the committee found that much of the good that was accomplished by Mrs. Davenport 's second apology was undone by going on a media tour that continued to blame others for her actions , '' the statement said . During her press conference , Davenport referred to the e-mail as `` political satire '' -- insisting she had no intention of doing anything that would be racist . Obama and his staff produced copies of his birth certificate indicating he was born in Hawaii when he was running for president in 2008 . On April 27 , after months of further speculation amid claims he was born in another country , he released the long-form of the same certificate in hopes of finally quelling the controversy . `` We do not have time for this kind of silliness . We 've got better stuff to do , '' the president said afterward .
An Obama Christian committee censures Barack Obama . The committee member had sent an e-mail depicting Orange County 's as a chimp . She apologized twice , while insisting it was `` political satire '' and not racist . The Davenport group called her apologies insincere , saying she blamed others .