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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,258 posts) Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:06 PM Feb 8

'Indefensible': Black Trump allies grapple with fallout from racist video of Obamas

Several Black conservatives with ties to President Donald Trump’s administration issued rare public rebukes after a video shared on the president’s social media platform late Thursday night included a racist animation depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama with the bodies of apes.

The video was later deleted, and the White House said it had been posted in error by a staffer.

NAACP National President Derrick Johnson said in a statement Friday that the video was "blatantly racist, disgusting, and utterly despicable."

But the episode, which unfolded during Black History Month, exposed fault lines within Trump-aligned Black conservatism, where some expressed deep disappointment that the video was shared at all, while others defended the president and framed the controversy as an unfortunate but human error.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/indefensible-black-trump-allies-grapple-205402224.html

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'Indefensible': Black Trump allies grapple with fallout from racist video of Obamas (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 8 OP

shithole and comrades............... Lovie777 Feb 8 #1

Think they might... 2naSalit Feb 8 #2

Well, bless their hearts. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 8 #3

Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say LetMyPeopleVote Friday #4

Lovie777

(22,411 posts)

1. shithole and comrades...............

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:09 PM

Feb 8

black republicans = trained monkeys.

2naSalit

(101,417 posts)

2. Think they might...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Feb 8, 2026, 03:10 PM

Feb 8

Catch the hint that he also means they are to be removed at some point too? I wonder if he meant it as a headzup for his black supporters.

eppur_se_muova

(41,470 posts)

3. Well, bless their hearts. nt

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 03:25 PM

Feb 8

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,544 posts)

4. Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:32 PM

Friday

trump is upset that there are people out there who are NOT racists like him. trump's feelings were hurt because his fellow republicans called him a racist

From CNN: Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/politics/trump-racist-video-gop-blowback

Hours after refusing to apologize for a racist video posted to his Truth Social account, President Donald Trump hadn’t let go.

He spent last weekend complaining to allies about Republicans who had condemned the video depicting the Obamas as apes, questioning the lawmakers’ loyalty and vowing consequences, sources familiar with his comments told CNN.

The president railed against South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott — the sole Black Republican senator and chair of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm — throughout the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, arguing one of his top congressional allies was out of line to call his White House racist, the sources said.

“The president felt he could’ve handled that matter privately,” a senior Trump administration official told CNN of Scott. “He was like, ‘We work together all the time. He didn’t need to comment publicly.’”

Trump had even stronger words for Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, one of the sources recalled, using expletives to denounce her and declaring that she was dead to him.

Britt’s office slammed that account as “fake news” and touted her strong working relationship with the president, while the White House praised her as “an incredible ally” whom the president has “great respect” for. Scott’s office declined to comment.

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