"The Republican president's Thursday night post was deleted on Friday and blamed on a staff member after a widespread backlash, including from civil rights leaders and veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation's first black president and first lady. The deletion, a rare admission of a misstep by the White House, came hours after press secretary Karoline Leavitt said there was nothing offensive about the post."
"Nearly all of the 62-second clip, which was among dozens of Truth Social posts from Mr Trump overnight, appears to be from a conservative video alleging deliberate tampering with voting machines in battleground states as the 2020 presidential votes were tallied. At the 60-second mark is a scene of two primates, with the Obamas' smiling faces imposed on them."
The Republican president's Thursday night post was deleted on Friday and blamed on a staff member after backlash from civil rights leaders and veteran Republican senators. The White House initially defended the post through press secretary Karoline Leavitt before saying a staffer had posted the video erroneously. The post amplified false claims that the 2020 election was stolen despite widespread court findings of no outcome-changing fraud. The 62-second clip largely repurposed a conservative video alleging voting-machine tampering and included frames showing the Obamas' faces imposed on primates. An Obama spokeswoman declined to respond.
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