Republicans condemn racist Trump video post depicting Obamas as apes
Al Jazeera
Members of Trump’s political party called for the removal of the reposted clip, which has since been taken down.
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.
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.
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