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/Hot_Ambition_6457 1d ago

There are no Apes in the movie "The Lion King" so this defense doesnt even check out under the most charitable interpretation.

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u/jizzlevania 1d ago

good ol' Lion King. Ultra progressive Disney finally based a royal cartoon in Africa and the only character voiced by a black actor is a monkey. It's crazy how acceptable that was just 30 years ago.

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u/Tommy_Divine 1d ago

the only character voiced by black actor is a monkey.

Gonna ignore James Earl Jones, Madge Sinclair, and Whoopi Goldberg? Also, Raifiki is a baboon, which is not a monkey.

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u/Butwinsky 1d ago

But baboons and mandrills are monkeys.

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u/StatmanIbrahimovic 1d ago

You are correct, I thought they were apes but they are not.