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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:06 PM 13 hrs ago

'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 13 hrs ago OP
shithole and comrades............... Lovie777 13 hrs ago #1
Think they might... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #2
Well, bless their hearts. nt eppur_se_muova 12 hrs ago #3

2naSalit

(101,006 posts)
2. Think they might...
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 03:10 PM
12 hrs ago

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.

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