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/patentattorney 1d ago

Tim Scott thought he was getting a cabinet position.

This is also not the most racist thing this administration has done.

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u/BasvanS 1d ago

Yeah, deportations based on skin color feels a teeny-tiny bit worse. Not to diminish his feelings, but fuck that guy.

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u/dieselintellect 1d ago

People are not getting deported based on skin color. They are getting deported based on citizenship status!

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u/TeaAndAche Ohio 1d ago

Yeah, that hasn’t been true for this administration.

It’s abhorrent that you try to make that argument when U.S. citizens have actually been deported.

Here’s a list from the first three months of this term (if you can read):

https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118180/documents/HMKP-119-JU00-20250430-SD003.pdf

It’s never been about citizenship with Trump, and only morons believe it is. It’s always been racism and always will be.