"United States President Donald Trump has again stoked outrage over his online posts, this time for sharing a video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as apes. The reposted clip came as part of a flurry of late-night messages on Trump's Truth Social account. list of 3 itemsend of list By midday on Friday, the video had been removed but not after an outpouring of bipartisan condemnation, slamming the post as blatantly racist."
"In a post on the social media platform X, Tim Scott, the only Black Republican currently serving in the Senate, said he was praying that the video was fake because it's the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House. The president should remove it, he added. Another Republican, Representative Mike Lawler, also called on Trump to delete the post, calling it incredibly offensive whether intentional or a mistake."
"They represent the best of this country, said Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the US House of Representatives. Donald Trump is a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder. Why are GOP leaders like John Thune continuing to stand by this sick individual? The White House, for its part, initially defended the post as an internet meme. Later, it said the post had been shared erroneously by a White House staffer, not by the president."
Donald Trump reposted a video portraying former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes. The clip appeared amid late-night messages on Trump's Truth Social account and was removed by midday but after bipartisan condemnation that called the post blatantly racist. Republican Senator Tim Scott called the clip the most racist thing he had seen from the White House and urged its removal. Representative Mike Lawler called the post incredibly offensive. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries praised the Obamas and denounced Trump as vile and unhinged. The White House initially defended the post as an internet meme, then said a staffer had shared it erroneously. Trump has long had an adversarial relationship with the Obamas, the first Black presidential couple.
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