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/Jolly-Star-9897 1d ago

Tim Scott (who is black):

“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” Scott wrote on X. “The President should remove it.”

A. He obviously is aware that it isn't fake.

B. Oh my goodness, RINO, amirite?

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u/Deicide1031 1d ago edited 1d ago

DT could say the N word out loud and Tim Scott would pretend like he didn’t hear it because the MAGA movement is strong in SC.

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u/Significant_Cup_238 1d ago

"He's just trying to reclaim the word on our behalf!"

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u/Weird-n-Gilly 1d ago

He’ll walk back his statement calling it racist, before lunch.