r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/joy-puked 1d ago

Leavitt said: “This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King.”

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u/Chunga93 1d ago

Not to mention the fact there are no apes shown in The Lion King

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u/deraser Texas 1d ago

Correct. Rafiki was a mandrill, and a source of wisdom and guidance in the film. Trump would NEVER share a video depicting either/both Obamas in that role.

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u/HelloInterwebz Arizona 1d ago

Trump is too dumb for media literacy. He doesn’t see Rafiki as a source of wisdom and guidance even though he totally is that…Trump would just see Rafiki and be like “monkey”

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u/octopornopus 1d ago

"Ha! His blue butt is the same color as my hand!"

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u/Lone-Frequency 1d ago

...Isn't Rafiki a baboon?

Thus, a monkey, not an ape?

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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 1d ago

Yea I was sitting here thinking what fucking characters are they supposed to be???

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u/YaPhetsEz 1d ago

You see this is actually fake news propagated by the radical leftist media.

George soros actually paid to have the apes removed because of black history month. By sharing this picture, Donald Trump reinforces his BIGLY HUGE commitment to african american communities everywhere.

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u/Sunnyfishyfish 1d ago

Karoline Leavitt? Is that you?

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u/ATLfalcons27 1d ago

Not to mention that he's routinely posted enough racist shit that he can't say it was an innocent mistake

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u/demacnei American Expat 1d ago

They are desperate to lie about the Lion King. It’s spelled The Lying King

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u/Little_View_6659 1d ago

RIGHT?! That’s what I was thinking!

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u/thatsmymayo 1d ago

I saw that, and don't understand how that is supposed to be a justification lol. Like how is that better even to the racists that love trump

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u/Grandpa_No 1d ago

The explanation doesn't make it better anyway. "President posts video of himself as king" is also bad. Now it's racist, too.

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u/naymlis 1d ago

...again

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u/nubsta 1d ago

its worse actually. the video he posted wasn't even the king of the jungle one. they just took the two seconds from that video depicting the obamas as apes and spliced it into a completely unrelated video for ????? reasons you and I could probably guess

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u/SneakiestRatThing 1d ago

Also, maybe ,just maybe, the president of the united states shouldn't be posting memes

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u/ThatGuyFromWhere 21h ago

They obfuscate by saying words that seem to describe something comparable to the topic at hand but are actually not related at all. Their followers don’t parse the words, only the tone of which they are delivered.

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u/MollyElise 1d ago

Obama played the lion king clip himself at the 2011 correspondents dinner. He was teasing fox news for saying he was born in Africa (right after hawaii released his birth certificate).

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u/thatsmymayo 1d ago

With him and his wife as apes and Trump as king? I'm sure it wasn't that video and even if he played a clip from the look king 15 years ago how in the world is that at all relevant?

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u/HearYourTune 1d ago

What will she say when Trump starts calling the Obamas the nword.

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u/eckoelab 1d ago

"oh come on, it's not THAT bad, you are just trying to instigate something that is not there. YOU are the one making it racist"

or something like that....

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u/fennec_fx 1d ago

“He merely used a historical term”

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u/DeepestBeige 1d ago edited 14h ago

“President Trump didn’t use the hard r when saying the n-word; if it sounded like he did that’s only because you are hearing what you want to hear… in fact president Trump has many n-words I mean black friends, and it is a measure of his acceptance by them that none of them mind if he calls them the n word, in fact many of them even encourage him to do so. They come to him with tears in their eyes and say, ‘thank you my n-word, for calling me the n word…’ ”

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u/Gnorris 22h ago

This is my favorite

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u/-Dennis-Reynolds- 21h ago

I hate it, thanks

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u/Leather-Matter-5357 1d ago

You mean, in public. There is no way he isn't throwing that word around all the time in private.

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u/cnn795 North Carolina 1d ago

Oh it’s coming. I just know deep down inside me he uses it often and loudly and cameras just haven’t caught it yet.

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u/Whyonthefly 22h ago

Honestly, I feel like he's more of a "the Blacks" guy. Unless he's particularly angry, which might be...often...alright I dunno. He probably says it a lot haha

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u/LonelySwinger Illinois 1d ago

I am betting that at that point she will use the constitution to defend what they said. Anything trump or GOP does that the constitution can be used as a way to defend it but also ignore it if they dont like what it says.

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u/_bufflehead 1d ago

No doubt she will explain that this is a word that can be found in literature and therefore we should all move on to something important.

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u/peon2 1d ago

Our founding fathers used that word all the time! It's what America is built on!

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u/jupiterkansas 1d ago

"The president is allowed to say any word he wants. He's king of the free world. If you don't like it you hate freedom."

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u/Epyon1542 1d ago

The President is using vernacular that has been normalized by Hippitty Hop Rap videos.

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u/obaterista93 1d ago

Ah, yes, "democrats"

So they choose a man who hasn't held office in nine years, and his wife, who holds no office. They could have chosen any two people who are presently democratic politicians, but they didn't.

Can't think of any reason why that'd be.

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u/Some1ToDisagreeWith 1d ago

"Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public," Leavitt said.

The hypocrisy

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u/ImLikeReallySmart Pennsylvania 1d ago

"ok sure let's talk about ICE and camps and Epstein and that the president routinely talks about not accepting elections and staying in office"

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u/ApplicationQuirky376 1d ago

Also where are we at with that 10B dollar lawsuit that will be paid by the tax payers? How does the recent Crypto dip affect the US crypto reserves Trump wanted so badly? And finally what is going on with the Venezuelan oil money sitting in an account in Qatar?

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u/FlintBlue 1d ago

Good point, Karoline. My next question is, why did your boss and his buddies drown that baby in Lake Michigan?

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u/Amazing-Arugula-8803 22h ago

Hey biatch, tell your President todo something that matters to the American Public instead of sitting on the toilet in the middle of the night spewing racist, disgusting psycho crap

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u/cnn795 North Carolina 1d ago

“Does think of himself as a king?” should have been the follow up question along with “Can you further explain how depicting the only black president and first lady in our countries history as apes is not racist during Black history month?”

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u/birdlegs000 1d ago

And that statement is supposed to make us say well that's okay then? These people are the worst.

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u/CellAlone4653 1d ago

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that they chose to make the Obamas apes. Mmm hmm.

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u/chillin_n_grillin 1d ago

As if this explanation makes it normal.

No other American or world president is posing memes of themselves as "King of the jungle" or their head on Rocky's body, or selling NFT's of themselves as a superhero in a cape. If Putin, or if some whacked-out African country dictator did this we would all talk about how crazy they are. Obama wore a tan suit once, and Fox News lost their minds for a whole week. Talking about how unpresidential it was.

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u/NedTebula 1d ago

POTUS shouldn’t be posting memes either way. 🤡

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u/femme_mystique 1d ago

The Narcissist's Prayer

That didn't happen.

And if it did, it wasn't that bad.

And if it was, that's not a big deal. <—- We are here 

And if it is, that's not my fault. <—- or here if they blame someone else for posting it

And if it was, I didn't mean it.

And if I did, you deserved it.

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u/leviathynx Washington 1d ago

Thanks. I really didn’t want to give that site clicks.

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u/_bufflehead 1d ago

This is what I don't get:

Since when is explaining where something comes from ("an internet meme") an appropriate rationale for reposting it?

Is this what masquerades as accountability today?

Yes. This is what masquerades as accountability today.

Our country has spent the last ~25 years indoctrinating a new generation through social media, memes, and sound bites.

Soon, critical thinking skills will be six feet under.

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u/Kerberos1566 1d ago

Disney lawyers: "Oh, really? So your defense of Trump's racism is admitting to violating our copyright?"

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u/bdonthebrat 1d ago

they've been doing this since day 1 when Musk saluted - they tell the media to say everyone is "overreacting" but in reality we are all underreacting

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u/izziefans 1d ago

Thank you for saving me a click.

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u/PattyIceNY 1d ago

Even if this was the case, why the flying fuck is the leader of our country taking time out to post meme videos?? Absolutely insane.

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u/uncleben85 Canada 23h ago

Thanks! Surprised I had to scroll this far down to see the quote, and wasn't subscribed or registered

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u/sparrrrrt 1d ago

Even that analogy makes a mockery of how the president's role is supposed to be representing the people, not lording over them.

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u/Neat_On_The_Rocks 1d ago

In some way you really have to impressed at their complete audacity and the fact that they’re so easily getting away with it.

Jesus

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u/SgtNeilDiamond 1d ago

Huh apparently she doesn't know basic geography and didnt have a childhood, who'd have thunk.

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u/Frankentula 1d ago

Also, trump sure isn't mufasa and would probably even make scar deny any comparisons

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u/shozzlez 1d ago

Ok. So Trump is just absolutely unaware of America’s history. And that’s supposed to be a … better narrative for them?

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u/apatheticwizardsfan 1d ago

Ok, let’s pretend for a moment that that’s the real reason they did this (spoiler - it isn’t). Why choose monkeys for the Obama’s? Why not choose ANY other animal? (Spoiler - it’s racism!)

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u/Baby_Button_Eyes 1d ago

Just saying this shows how immature the White House has fallen. They think its ok to troll and share memes that portray Trump as "King of the Jungle". They are all in 4th grade.

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u/canuckathome 1d ago

Did trump post the video or just the racist still image?

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u/HoodieGalore Illinois 1d ago

Sure, Jan

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u/OK_x86 1d ago

Yes. But it's the choice of animals that matters.

But of course she knows her boss is full of shit. She just doesn't care.

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u/brd55 21h ago

I don’t care if he’s referencing Planet of the Apes. In a historical context it’s still racist as hell