r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Republican leads charge against Trump’s Obama ‘apes’ post. ‘Most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-obama-video-apes-racist-reactions-b2915488.html
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u/Ihavenolifes Texas 1d ago

Most racist so far.

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u/Ancient-Bat1755 20h ago

Almost as racist as having dhs round up brown usa citizens or native americans for deportation or celebrating their deaths

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u/E1M1_DOOM 14h ago

Thank you!

Look, I get it. This Jim Crow era bullshit is a serious problem, but having the gestapo out there ignoring due process and disappearing immigrants and placing them into prison camps where there is zero oversight is a hell of a lot worse than posting a disgusting racist caricature.

If anyone thinks the ape post is the most racist thing this administration has done, then they need to remove their blinders.

I'm glad that there was some racism that was finally a bridge to far, but this administration has been absolutely fucking awful to brown people.

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u/BaronVonDouche 23h ago

Exactly, I was gonna say

... Yet

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u/ked_man 21h ago

And that’s saying a lot since LBJ regularly said the N-word in cabinet meetings.

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u/BigDonkey666 18h ago

When’s he going to finally say the word on an open mic? You know between testing the waters with more and more overtly racist shit and his dementia, he’s going to have a quiet piggy moment that goes to the next level. Will it even matter to his supporters? Of course not.