""Racist garbage continues to emanate from this President and his White House," Buttigieg posted to social media. "his use of AI is simply the newest form of an old pattern: open racism from Donald Trump." Buttigieg stressed that, even though Trump's racism has been part of the public record for decades at this point, people shouldn't "shrug it off." "Decency, dignity, and humanity matter, even now. Especially now," he wrote."
"Last Thursday, Trump posted a video to Truth Social that falsely claimed that the 2020 election was stolen. The video included an AI-generated clip of the Obamas as apes while the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" played. "Trump is a vile racist old man," wrote Rep. Herb Conaway (D-NJ) on social media. "The people in the @HouseGOP that don't speak out on this, I'm going to assume you support this racism.""
Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video on Truth Social that falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen and included an AI-generated clip showing Barack and Michelle Obama as apes set to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The clip provoked bipartisan condemnation: Pete Buttigieg called it racist garbage and urged people not to shrug it off, Rep. Herb Conaway labeled Trump a "vile racist old man" and criticized silent House Republicans, and Sen. Tim Scott called it the most racist thing he'd seen from the White House. The White House initially defended the clip as a "meme," then deleted it and said the post was erroneous and blamed a staffer.
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