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Obamas

5 months ago

CONTAINS OFFENSIVE CONTENT: Bill Maher compared Trump's viral racist post about the Obamas to a similar racist incident in 2018 involving comedian Roseanne Barr.

After first dismissing uproar over depiction of Obamas as apes, White House then said it was erroneously posted by staffer

White House officials sought to deflect blame from Donald Trump over a now-de…

A social media post by US President Donald Trump depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle. It was deleted on Friday after a backlash from both Repu…
The depiction of the Obamas, posted from Trump's Truth Social account, was included in a video pushing a conspiracy theory about 2020 election voting machines.
Members of Trump's political party called for the removal of the reposted clip, which has since been taken down.

Multiple outlets cite a senior Trump official as saying, ‘a White House staffer erroneously made the post’

  • Trump shares, later deletes video with racist imagery of Obamas

Top Democrats in Congress have…

Lawmakers across the political spectrum condemn clip depicting former president and first lady as apes
The White House defended the post at first, calling to "stop the fake outrage", as members of both parties condemned the video.

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