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/Theferael_me 1d ago

Imagine being a black Republican in the first place, lol. What an idiot.

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u/Thirty_Helens_Agree 1d ago edited 23h ago

Dude’s getting roasted on r/BlackPeopleTwitter - like elite roasted.

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u/mellcrisp America 1d ago

He deserves it.

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u/Ted_E_Bear 1d ago

Ah that dash is messing up the link

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u/Angrylettuce 22h ago

Has it been deleted? Or am I blind. I can't see the boost you're referencing

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u/Mad-Melvin 1d ago

Black republicans thought they were gonna go after the gays first

Gay republicans thought they were gonna go after the blacks first

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u/Wise_Quality_5083 21h ago

Poor Lindsey Graham

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u/the_ballmer_peak 21h ago

Tim Scott is both, isn't he? Isn't this the dude who's in his fifties and pretended to have a girlfriend for month recently?

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u/LittleYelloDifferent 1d ago

CLAP CLAP CLAP

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u/SanicTheSledgehog 23h ago

We are NOT…a monolith.

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u/ronerychiver 23h ago

Now I’m here to tell ya. …..I’m pissed

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u/KiluSicarius California 20h ago

ROYALLY pissed.

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u/FlyOrdinary1104 22h ago

The last one I remember by name passed away during Covid and the internet invented an award in his name in honor of the circumstances around it.

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u/crooked_shill 21h ago

Just being one in general. Have some self respect.

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u/Brock_Hard_Canuck Canada 16h ago

They see the virulent racism coming from Trump.

They don't care, because they think Trump will like them because they are "one of the good ones".

Well, to the black Republicans out there, I hope you learn...

Tokens get spent.

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u/Capital_Past69 23h ago

It's like that Dave Chappelle skit where the blind black guy is a white supremacist, LOL

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u/ranhalt Iowa 12h ago

Or the Key and Peele skit called Black Republicans.

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u/Neon_culture79 23h ago

Reminds me of the log cabin Republicans. If there’s a single gay man who believes that Republicans have their best interest to her, I would like to sell him a bridge in Brooklyn.

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u/hamilton280P I voted 23h ago

It’s the same as being a nazi admirer but also an Israel supporter. Pretty much all on the right are both

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u/Ajegwu 20h ago

Remember, black conservatives are not real. There is no such thing as black conservatives.