"Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) posted a rare critique of President Donald Trump on Friday after the president shared a video depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. Thursday evening, Trump posted a video with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that included a short clip of the Obamas' faces superimposed on apes' bodies. The video was furiously criticized by Democrats, anti-Trump Republicans, members of the media, and other political commentators as racist."
"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the post as simply sharing an Internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and dismissed critics as voicing fake outrage. Scott, however, denounced Trump's post in an X post Friday morning. Praying it was fake because it's the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House, he wrote. The President should remove it."
President Donald Trump posted a video containing baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election that included a brief clip of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama's faces superimposed on apes' bodies. The video drew furious criticism from Democrats, anti-Trump Republicans, members of the media, and other political commentators who labeled it racist. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the post as an Internet meme portraying President Trump as the King of the Jungle and dismissed critics as voicing fake outrage. Sen. Tim Scott condemned the post on X, wrote, "Praying it was fake because it's the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House," and urged the President to remove it. Leavitt later acknowledged the video, and observers noted the video is not fake. Scott had not posted further comments at the time of publication.
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