"Late Thursday night, the president shared a 62-second video in which former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama are depicted as apes. After backlash from across the political spectrum, the post was deleted on Friday morning. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the Senate's only Black Republican, called it the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House. The White House blamed an unnamed staffer for the post."
"LEAVITT: Well look, Laura, it was a meme posted by a staffer on the president's Truth Social account. It was from a Lion King video depicting, as you pointed, out different Democrats as different animals. I think Kamala Harris was depicted as a turtle in this video meme. The president did take it down. He spoke with lawmakers today out of respect for them, including Senator Tim Scott. The post was removed."
President Donald Trump's Truth Social account posted a 62-second AI-generated video portraying former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. The post drew widespread bipartisan backlash and was deleted the following morning. Senator Tim Scott called the video the most racist thing he had seen from the White House. The White House attributed the post to an unnamed staffer. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt characterized the content as a meme derived from a Lion King clip depicting Democrats as animals and said the president removed it and spoke with lawmakers including Senator Scott.
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