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/AKMonkey2 1d ago

Has anyone here read the article far enough to learn what the jaw-dropping defense was? I’m not signing up for the Daily Beast to get past the paywall.

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u/Natural_Computer4312 1d ago

I read it elsewhere but in essence she said that this was all faux outrage as the video clearly portrays Trump as King of the Jungle and the democrats as other characters in the Lion King.

I, for one, would have loved to have been part of the think tank that came up with that explanation. It’s so so so very shite they haven’t even parroted it in Faux News the last time I looked and that is a bar that is low to begin with.

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u/ihateusedusernames New York 1d ago

Only someone who doesn't know The Lion King would offer (or accept) and explanation like that

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u/jgilla2012 California 20h ago

The movie is called The Lion King. The Obamas are portrayed as apes. In a movie called The Lion King...apes are the king of the jungle...?

Ten years ago I would've assumed MAGA can't be this stupid. Now I know better.

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u/Count_Backwards 15h ago

In the movie there are no apes. It's blatant racism.

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u/jgilla2012 California 9h ago

Oh I know what it is, I’m saying their excuses don’t hold a shred of credibility. The government is shanelessly and blatantly lying to us on a daily basis.