"Tapper posted a screenshot of the image and wrote: From 10:26 pm ET-midnight last night the president posted/re-posted dozens of clips including videos/clips pushing long-debunked 2020 election conspiracy theories after which one features this vile & racist depiction of President and First Lady Obama. He then reposted a tweet from Christianity Today's Russell Moore slamming Trump's message: Racist. Deranged. Humiliating to our country. The fact that we have decided to pretend to this is normal every day is a moral abomination. Have we any shame? And every day an entire generation is being told it is Christian to support this. God have mercy on us."
"Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the post in a statement: This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public. Tapper called Leavitt's excuse out, writing The only part of the internet meme' the president posted was a clip of the Obamas as apes."
President Trump posted a video to Truth Social late Thursday that included an image depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. Jake Tapper posted screenshots and tweeted that the president reposted dozens of clips pushing debunked 2020 election conspiracy theories, culminating in the racist depiction of the former first couple. Russell Moore labeled the post "Racist. Deranged. Humiliating to our country," and urged moral reflection. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the clip as an internet meme portraying Trump as "King of the Jungle," while CNN's John Berman called the image overtly racist and questioned whether it should be removed.
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