"[What] is true is that there doesn't seem to be any shame about this among people who used to feel like you had to have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety and respect for the office, right? That's been lost, Obama said in a wide-ranging podcast interview with left-wing political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen on Saturday."
"Without mentioning Trump's name, Obama said a majority of Americans find this behaviour deeply troubling, adding that it will hurt the Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections."
"The video, shared on Trump's Truth Social account on February 5, prompted censure across the US political spectrum, with the White House initially rejecting fake outrage only to then blame the post on an error by a staff member and then taking it down."
"Near the end of the one-minute-long video promoting conspiracies about Trump's 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, the Obamas the first Black president and first lady in US history were shown with their faces on the bodies of monkeys for about one second."
Political discourse has degraded into a clownish and cruel spectacle, marked by demeaning imagery and amplified conspiratorial claims. A majority of Americans find such behavior deeply troubling and political consequences are likely in upcoming midterm elections. A one-minute social media video promoted false claims about the 2020 election and briefly depicted the first Black president and first lady with their faces on ape bodies, provoking widespread censure. The platform post was initially defended, later blamed on staff error, and removed. The clip appears to use AI-generated imagery and was set to a well-known song.
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