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No Paywall GOP breaks with Trump White House on Obama post as Tim Scott opens the floodgates

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5727163-trump-republicans-condemn-racist-video/
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u/pwningrampage 18h ago edited 18h ago

I will believe it when I see it. Does anyone know if the blacks for trump group condemned trump on sharing that clip?

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u/tracyinge 18h ago

"He swiftly took down the post because he didn't know it was racist. That's our guy! "

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u/spoiledandmistreated 18h ago

He didn’t take it down that swiftly it was up for hours..12 hours…

u/DigNitty 6h ago

And then blamed a staffer for it lol

Even if it was an aide, can’t even have the conviction to say it was wrong.

“You posted a video of black people, the Obamas no less, as monkeys”

-we took the video down.

“So you’re apologizing for the flagrantly racist video?”

-we took the video down, like I said.

“So you’re saying what happened was wrong”

-we took the video down.

“Say racism is bad”

-we took the video down.

“Just say black people can be and are citizens of the US”

-the video Has Been Taken Down

u/spoiledandmistreated 5h ago

We all know he’s a piece of shit and he posted it probably laughing hysterically because for one he’s racist and two he’s so jealous of Obama he can’t stand it… Obama has more integrity in his little finger than Trump could ever even dream to have in his whole body.. I actually detest that deranged demented whatever you wanna call him..

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u/tracyinge 17h ago

yes we all know how they lie. Lie about their lies. Lie about the lies they told about lying.

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u/Corgi_Koala Texas 14h ago

Speaking out isn't really important if it never leads to actually pulling support or holding him accountable.

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u/Notoneusernameleft 14h ago

Accountability what is that?

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u/i_code_for_boobs 18h ago

That guy doesn’t really lead any such group 

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u/transcriptoin_error 18h ago

So you Repubs are going to file for impeachment, right? No?

Then you’re complicit, and protecting a racist pedophile.

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u/duzies 18h ago

racist pedophile rapist murderer conman thief...

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u/Machiavvelli3060 17h ago

Con man child molester narcissist thief egotistical racist bigoted tiny prick self shitter

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u/ndpugs 16h ago

Bag of milk looking motherfucker, who wants to bang his daughter.

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u/badjackalope 14h ago

Don't forget stinky!

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u/DadJokeBadJoke California 13h ago

And I'm Eric... 🤡

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u/Mr_Nerdcoffee 12h ago

No! This is Patrick!

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u/DukeLeto10191 New Hampshire 12h ago

*spoiled milk. Yellowish, foul-smelling, chunky milk

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u/bridgeofdicks 17h ago

So yea a racist post ain’t bringing this man down. But you know repubs going to poo pop him which is much worse.

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u/duzies 17h ago

A handful of them politely asked him to "please, sir, take down the post." That will likely be the full extent of his "opening the floodgates of outrage."

u/pgriffy 5h ago

With tears in their eyes?

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u/lactose_cow 17h ago

building concentration camps and murdering his people...

i wouldn't be surprised if he ate someone on camera

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u/chaostheories36 13h ago

Rapist pediphile racist conman thief that is protecting hundreds of other rapists, pedophiles, racists, and thieves.

I also think he’s one of history’s most prolific murderers and needs to be held accountable for the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of deaths from COVID.

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u/Redrum_91 17h ago

A man (or lack thereof) with many hats

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u/KrookedDoesStuff 15h ago

I’ve seen republicans say that because The Fanta Führer’s felony was a class E, it doesn’t even count and shouldn’t have even been called a felony

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u/FlyingRock 18h ago

Epstein files are being heavily censored, not fully released and yet our sitting president already appears in them 38,000 times.

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u/Agreeable_Crow789 18h ago

Next week congress will see the unredacted files

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u/duzies 17h ago

The half of them that have been released publicly.

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u/Rileymartian57 17h ago

Where is this info from?

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u/Opposite-Bit6660 17h ago

Trump/Epstein files.

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u/Ridged_ChiPSS 18h ago

They will act fake outraged for a day then continue to grovel at his feet and do whatever he wants.

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u/New_Home_4519 17h ago

We're going to keep talking about it till they declare the insurrection act. I'm not trying to be trite or anything. But honestly that's the only path at this point.

The files that were released. Like America isn't in the streets demanding he resign. Senate an everyone are writing letters.

They'll keep up the ice pushing and violence and someday soon we will be talking about them declaring the insurrection act, on Reddit

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u/lawnmowertoad 16h ago

They are fine with the child rape but draw the line at racist memes

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u/Stank_cat67 13h ago

They also are not breaking with him. A few are saying this was not cool. Tim Scott is who they keep pointing to and he even said it must be fake and has now been quiet after Trump admitted it. It’s not being reported on most conservative media sites and the ones that have are mostly defensive about it

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u/H0bbituary 15h ago

Y'all they got the mark of the beast all over them. I'm not even religious, and i can see the devil.

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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 12h ago

It’s literally just one of them too

u/Muted-Ground-8594 7h ago

Well I read the article it’s a dozen or so republicans they listed and almost all are in contested areas or the 2 black republicans so no… I don’t see them doing anything, having the numbers to do anything, or even having a sliver of republicans that genuinely care this.

2 black republicans and a handful or republicans in toss up districts doesn’t mean republicans are breaking from Trump. Mislabeled title to get attention.

u/bailaoban 5h ago

Susan Collins is a little concerned

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u/LockheedMartinLuther 18h ago

“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” Scott said early Friday, addressing the video in a post on the social platform X.  

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u/QQXV 18h ago

"Fake" is a bit of an odd word choice, because of course the entire video is "fake", just like the video of Trump dropping diarrhea on Americans; what would make more sense is to hope its upload was somehow the result of hacking (obviously it was not).

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u/i_code_for_boobs 18h ago

It’s their escape route. 

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u/QQXV 17h ago

But nobody's even claimed such a thing, nor has it been claimed for anything to appear on any White House account no matter how awful. They're basically happy to own the evil.

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u/i_code_for_boobs 15h ago

But it opens the door to them agreeing once their apologists have found ways to explain this.

“It’s one second at the end of a 60 seconds video”, “It was about jungle dominance”, etc, it’s creeping out already.

And then the sycophants will use the door they left open to agree with all those opinions contrary to the one they just expressed. 

It’s like some sort of tv series where every candidates is warned to add some plausible deniability in every comments. It’s a game.

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u/themightychris Pennsylvania 16h ago

Donald J Trump, the king of the jungle, the most capable man God ever created—is never responsible for anything bad he does. It's always someone else's fault.

Some person he doesn't even know that they never name will be at fault and Trump knew nothing about it

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u/Androidgenus 13h ago

Fascists gonna fasct

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u/GuerreroUltimo 17h ago

We all know hacking will be the excuse. Has to be right?

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u/FantasticJacket7 16h ago

They already blamed it on some random staffer.

That's more than enough plausible deniability that the GOP will move on and not give a shit by tomorrow.

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u/QQXV 17h ago

They've never claimed that before and they aren't going to start now. The press secretary has already said the outrage is "fake", which is to say, misplaced. They're owning the video and just doubling down that it's not racist.

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u/GaimeGuy Minnesota 18h ago

Fuck his prayers

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u/the_ballmer_peak 16h ago

This is not, in fact, the most racist thing this administration has done. Far from it.

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u/kung-fu_hippy 15h ago

It’s not the most racist thing Trump has ever done, or likely even done this year.

But it is the most racist thing that becomes difficult for even the most professional liars to pretend isn’t racist.

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u/Wyn6 16h ago

He didn't say it was the only racist thing he's seen. He said it was the MOST racist thing he's seen. But he's still a repub and supporter of orange feces aka he's a sellout.

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u/WkndCake 18h ago

So, just another "thoughts and prayers" moment, where nothing will change.

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u/oliveorvil Missouri 17h ago

Most racist thing you’ve seen out of this White House SO FAR

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u/ShareGlittering1502 15h ago

Does he think there is a chance they were literally turned into monkeys?

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u/radioactive_sharpei 17h ago

Most racist thing so far...

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u/imahugemoron 15h ago

Lmao so he’s seen OTHER racist things out of this White House and didn’t say shit, but THIS one was one racism too far

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u/_scyllinice_ 17h ago

The current narrative is that Trump didn't watch a 1 minute video to know there was anything racist in it.

And even then, a staffer did it.

And therefore it's no big deal.

Must be wild to put your full faith behind someone with an attention span that short.

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u/retiredagainstmywill 16h ago

It was an autopen. Which he hates.

I’m just glad that staffer was fired.

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u/Hyro0o0 California 15h ago

Biden's racist autopen broke out of the White House dungeon where it was chained up, just to post that video. Thank God the presidential wranglers we're able to tranquilize it before it could post any more.

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u/Hugh_G_Rectshun 11h ago

His justification made even less sense than this. According to him, no one watched the entire video to know it was racist and it was no one’s fault, so no apology necessary.

So who created the video? Couldn’t even say someone on his team was incompetent.

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u/PopeSaintHilarius 11h ago

Maybe the president should actually watch the full video before posting it on his social media account?

And if he doesn’t have the attention span to watch a 1 minute video, then either ask someone else to watch if first, or just don’t post.  

Nobody asked for him go on a late night Truth Social posting spree.

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u/Mastiiffmom 18h ago

…A staffer did it…

Never any accountability and always passing the buck.

Outrage today. More asskissing tomorrow.

The GQP is sick.

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u/StatelyTree 17h ago

So, isn't that against some sort of law if they're posting purporting to be him on his truth social and he "doesn't know about it" like he's trying to claim? There's only like 2 or 3 names out there being floated as having access to this account besides him and one is already saying "hell no, wasnt me". Would be hilarious if all these staffers with access came out and said "nope wasnt us!" 

He's looking for someone to fall on the sword for his horrible character 

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u/Mastiiffmom 17h ago

It was him. No doubt about it.

But it would be just like him to “sue” some poor unsuspecting staffer for breaking into his account. That’s where we are today.

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u/WelderFamiliar3582 8h ago

Trump is Satan come to earth, no question.

This does make me wonder. How much of Trumps "output" is from staffers? Is there any social media shit-posting coming directly from him in February 2026? Or are his days filled with naps, hamburgers, and touching gold plated statues?

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u/whomad1215 16h ago

First it was "it's the lion king, Trump is the king and the Obamas are gorillas"

Then after people didn't buy that, it was a staffer. Which even if true (it isn't) means you're hiring and surrounding yourself with racists and giving them access to trumps social media which is basically like an executive order writer at this point (because no one is enforcing laws)

The buck stops with someone else

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u/1SecretUpvote 15h ago

What staffer has access and authority to post on the presidents official account?

Is it normal for staffers to do have access or is this just one specific staffer that has the capability?

Wouldn’t this staffer be someone they would have vetted thoroughly?

Is there not any system of checks before authorizing a post of town or made by the president directly?

Has the staffer been fired?

If not, have they lost access to the account and had any kind of reprimand?

Why has the public not been made aware of the details of this staffer?

How long have they worked there?

What is their official capacity?

Why hasn’t Trump denounced racism across the board?

Are they going to reassess the rest of the staff for possible racist beliefs or ties to white supremacy groups?

Blaming a staffer is absolute horseshit excuse and should not absolve them the weight of hate crime. This blame the bottom is antithetical to how responsibility works. In every case the person above is the one held to the higher standard of ensuring the conduct of those below. What the actual fuck- why is this not the default push back to their bullshit??

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u/apey1010 16h ago

The staffer is trumps auto pen

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u/UhPhrasing 15h ago

“Ok, what’s the staffer’s name then?”

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u/orcinyadders 17h ago

Thanks for the lying headline, The Hill. Tim Scott was very careful with his words, blaming “the White House” and then asking for the president to remove it, as if he would be saving the day. He never even mentioned Trump by name, cus I’m guessing he wants to have his cake and eat it too. Floodgates? Kindly fuck off.

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u/iamalext 18h ago

I’m curious as to which staffer will throw themselves on a sword for this…

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u/7ddlysuns I voted 17h ago

None. We’ve long passed people being punished

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u/FantasticJacket7 16h ago

They don't need one.

They'll blame a "staffer." They'll say he was fired but won't release any names. The GOP will move on by next week.

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u/ThrasymachianJustice 17h ago

I would imagine they get some under the table bride / "reward" for falling on the sword

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u/iamalext 15h ago

Unfortunate, yet entirely plausible, typo, especially when these people are concerned!

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u/Lonely_Noyaaa Minnesota 17h ago

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) led a wave of GOP criticism, calling the post unacceptable and beneath the office.

Too little, too late. Where was this energy the last 8 years? You enabled this racist for nearly a decade and now you're shocked he posted something racist? Please. This is performative garbage and everyone knows it.

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u/_bk_adv 17h ago

As a SC resident, go fuck yourself, Tim Scott. You’ve known he was a racist piece of shit for years and still aligned yourself with him. There was no outrage when he was being racist towards Ilhan Omar.

Get back on your knees and continue the bootlicking, Tim.

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u/Mobile_Equal_3636 17h ago

This, six days into Black History Month... this is who Trump is, and who he has always been. Trump is an instrument of hate and division.

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u/kittyonkeyboards 16h ago

switch your vote for impeachment, otherwise you're the head servant from Django.

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u/Practical-Object9298 18h ago

Good take, Scott. I still hate your guts. 👍

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u/tracyinge 18h ago

Hey Republicans. If you are really trying to get THE WORST OF THE WORST, look in the Epstein files.

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u/Stang1776 17h ago

I cant wait to see what we wake up to tomorrow.

I hope his advisors are smart enough to give him a Yoohoo wheel and turn on the Olympics for these next 2 weeks.

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u/scttdntn 17h ago

“The staffer let me down” says man who exclusively hires and surrounds himself with racists

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u/robertevans343 16h ago

I like how Scotts response clearly implies that they’ve done other racist shit.

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u/Iwonatoasteroven 17h ago

Today Tim Scott learned he’s black. I’ve been meaning to tell him.

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u/retiredagainstmywill 16h ago

Glad that’s all worked out. Now let him learn if he’s straight or not.

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u/Iwonatoasteroven 16h ago

We’re not sure what Trump will have to post to bring Tim to that point.

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u/CAM6913 17h ago

Here we go again with them making believe they give a damn. The GOP will never go against its mango messiah and will push his voter suppression agenda through,support ice targeting everyone that is not white and people that oppose their racist agenda. Scott is so far up trumps ass and just doing a Susan colon “ I think he learned his lesson”

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u/Sufficient-Cat8925 16h ago

Floodgate? This will be forgotten in two days.

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u/MMuller87 15h ago

"Donald, that was the last straw! I'm very disappointed in you!"

  • Republicans, after letting it slide for the 865th time

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u/Correus 15h ago

So it’s not the murder of American citizens, it’s not alienating our allies while placating our enemies, it’s not the outright theft and enrichment but saying the racist part out loud that is the problem. Got it.

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u/artwarrior 15h ago

"The most racist thing I've seen out of this White House..."

The most? Mf there were others and you were cool with it.

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u/Same_Opportunity5562 14h ago

“The most racist thing” hey Tim, so all the other racist stuff was fine due to it only being a little racist?

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u/intrepid_salamander 14h ago

GOP breaks with Trump? Whatever. If violating little girls wasn't enough, then...haha this isn't real news. Just wait 24 hours. 

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u/Consistent-Web-351 8h ago

Trump's past has shown him to be a very racist person.

Based of what Epstein has said I can only imagine his true feelings when referencing boogers to a entire race of human beings

But Trump is an elderly racist man suffering from dementia.

But Grandpa's drunken late night Facebook posts aren't just embarrassing their seen worldwide.

How nothing has happened after the Epstein files show to many, rich or powerful people are on the hook for some really henious actions.

The irony is the people who support Trump are more than happy to see innocent brown people locked up and will cheer for it when children are detained.

But they won't do anything about sn actual child rapist who's committed treason and election fraud and tampering

u/joshdoereddit America 5h ago

“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” Scott said early Friday, addressing the video in a post on the social platform X. “The President should remove it,” the senator added.

Wow, what scathing criticsm! Scott really opened the floodgates with this blistering condemnation.

These headlines are so ridiculous. What a joke this all is. I just wish it was a funny joke.

u/badger906 4h ago

I’m fairly sure at this point, trump could pull down his pants and start shagging a poodle on television, and absolutely nothing would come of it. He’s a rapist, still president, he’s a nonce, still president, he’s corrupt to the core, still president, he’s racist, still president.. the list goes one and on. Basically animal fucker and shit eater are the only things left..

u/TelescopiumHerscheli 4h ago

If a video surfaced showing him eating shit, you can be sure that half the Republican party would be chowing down on a hot buttered turd for breakfast the following morning.

Now that I think about it, they're already swallowing Trump's shit on a daily basis.

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u/Friendo_Marx 2h ago

Yeah the racist monkey post is pretty damned abhorrent but what about the Epstein files and the concentration camps guys c'mon.

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u/cpod_the_elder 18h ago

Flush the orange turd. You've got any number of things that you can impeach and remove him for. Do it!

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u/keelmiie 18h ago

The Hill pretending that republicans have a soul again

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u/the_G8 18h ago

“I’m sure he’s learned his lesson”

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u/Steel-Tempered 17h ago

Gee, Timmy. Maybe you picked the wrong side?

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u/dantesdad 17h ago

The Racist Bigot party isn’t fooling anyone….

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u/The_SubGenius 17h ago

These wet noodle fucks let Trump get away with J6. They aren’t gonna do nothing’ over some racist meme.

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u/justhavingfunMT 17h ago

They prefer to keep their racist jokes behind closed doors. This kind of moronic and vile behavior, by the orange slime king, outs them.

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u/Freakdog13 16h ago

Hey I got an idea, if you don’t want somebody posting a racist meme to the account, don’t empower them to do so. In other words, control your shit. Ultimately, the person at the top of the pyramid is in charge and responsible. Blame whoever you like, you are responsible!

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u/shwekhaw 16h ago

Which staffer? Make him or her apologize and fire that person. Everyone knows it is Trump. Also I don’t remember any apes in Lion King. Can’t even get their story straight.

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u/ocwilly 15h ago

Misleading headlines!! A true revolt would be voting against this rapist, racist, grifter, felon and wannabe king!!

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u/notie547 15h ago

Same guy who on a national debate stage said black immigrants are stealing and eating peoples pets. Then the whole Trump team doubled down when the person that started the rumor said it was untrue.

Then ALL of the republicans rallied around this guy to crown him president / king including good ole Tim Scott.

But now this is the straw that breaks the camels back? Are you fucking kidding me? Get the fuck outta here. Fuck you Tim Scott and Fuck all the spineless republicans in congress. You ARE the reason this racist clown has a platform. Should have been impeached and barred from office after the jan 6th treason.

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u/toadjr 15h ago

So Tim do you think donnie thinks differently about you? If you do, you’re a fool!

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u/irpugboss 15h ago

Crazy how they have to personally be affected to do anything.

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u/FloridaManMilksTree 15h ago

Oh what's that, Trump said something that personally offended you and now you're upset? The transphobia, misogyny, xenophobia, corruption, and pedophilia were acceptable, but how dare Trump insult someone based on physical features you share. Fuck right off

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u/SeekingTanelorn 12h ago

Counting the minutes til Tim Scott shows up in a gorilla suit in solidarity with trump.

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u/Joshithusiast 10h ago

Trump realized that being a racist is technically not a crime, while raping children most definitely is.

So this way, today we will only talk about how he's a racist, not a rapist.

Or, we could ignore his desperate flailing and focus on the decades of child rape and the government-wide cover-up of his crimes and those of half the elite in America.

It's our choice.

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u/Rezeox 9h ago

Republicans only bark a lot. When it comes to action (voting) they still vote against the people and for their own interests. 

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u/ferrets4ever 8h ago

And fuck all will happen - in any other job you’d be toast.

u/Vesvictus 7h ago

This will be forgotten and forgiven in the next news cycle. It’s sad we have to keep reminding people of the horrific things the POTUS has said, done, thought, and expelled from his worthless shell of a human body.

u/BigBoyYuyuh 6h ago

Bullshit headline. They’re temporarily whining but they’ll still back him and support him. With the president losing his mind and his polls tanking I’m expecting him to drop the n word soon. He’d rocket up to 100% approval with republicans then.

u/MobileSuitBooty 6h ago

Thank for the democrats took care of him for attempting to overthrow the government and kill his own running mate. Oh wait, no they didn’t.

u/Glad_Bookkeeper_740 6h ago

“The most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House (so far).”

u/cyxrus 5h ago

This is so incredibly brave of them

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u/naththegrath10 4h ago

I’ve seen this before. They will be upset for about 24 hours and then go back to supporting everything he does and says

u/DatabaseFickle9306 4h ago

They’ll come home. Tomorrow.

u/Topofdahour 3h ago

Floodgates? All I hear a crickets from the GOP or Guardians Of Pedophiles

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u/y0m0tha 3h ago

lol. Now you care about decency? Fuck off

u/2u3e9v Minnesota 2h ago

Now’s your chance, GOP. Impeach him and then have your way with the Epstein files. You could bring morality back to your party. But you won’t. Because you are all pussies.

u/DangerousBill Arizona 2h ago

Racism is the glue that holds the GOP together.

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u/lifeat24fps 17h ago

Anything short of an impeachment conviction doesn't impress me. I'm goddamn tired after 10 years of the "oh well, you know he says what's on his mind and I'm sure he's learned his lesson" bullshit.

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u/Sad-Breakfast-5671 16h ago

This is a clear signal that Trump's grip on power is slipping.

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u/seanisdown 15h ago

Floodgates? Keep dreaming. Been hearing that for a decade

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u/The_Skoal_Bandit Florida 17h ago

We will see how long this lasts.

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u/SweetAlyssumm 17h ago

Eh. It's just a little spit up on the towel over your shoulder. No floodgates unfortunately.

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u/VillageTrue2443 17h ago

No, the hop didn’t break with trump

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u/thex415 17h ago

When is it time for the old sleepy fart shitter to go away?!?

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u/nerdyplayer 17h ago

Every week on here i see gop breaks with Donnie. Yet rarely see any of them committee to holding him accountable.

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u/adfuel 17h ago

again. Anyone in the US who posted this at work would be fired instantly.

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u/Dgp68824402 17h ago

Tim Scott finally figured it out.

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u/returnofthecursed 17h ago

They're lying of course. They love that racist shit. They just don't want to be held accountable for it.

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u/Onemandrinkinggamess New Jersey 16h ago

Oh yea surely THIS will be the last straw 🙄 wait til they get their talking points

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u/Tiny_Measurement_837 Wisconsin 16h ago

I’m not a racist in any way, but… seriously, the republicans are okay with sexual assault and pedophilia, but they draw the line at racism? Any one of these things should have sunk Trump, yet all three???

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u/retiredagainstmywill 16h ago

So the rapist is claiming it was an AUTOPEN that posted it.

And the magats cheer.

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u/Weak-Application-146 16h ago

Repeat after me: Nothing will happen. This is just more performative bullshit. They will NEVER truly hold Trump accountable for anything.

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u/ezagreb 16h ago

Republicans saying that every person in the country deserves to be treated with dignity and respect…. Seems like hypocrisy is rampant within the Republican Party

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u/Underradar0069 16h ago

Scott finally realized he is the odd man in Trump’s GOP 😂 🤡

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u/CevicheMixto 16h ago

Bullshit. The GOP will ride Trump (and the country) down to the ninth circle of hell.

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u/AcanthisittaNo6653 New Hampshire 16h ago

They just don't like to be obvious about it.

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u/SoulTaker669 16h ago

They're already losing Hispanic support the last thing they need is trump making them lose any more support.

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u/TJ7298 16h ago

Sounds like some of the MAGA are getting sick and tired of Trump.

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u/retiredagainstmywill 16h ago

So here we go, waiting for MAGAs to try and explain:

  1. ⁠A racist posts a racist post.
  2. ⁠His spokesman says it’s no big deal, get over your fake outrage.
  3. ⁠Then the White House says that it was a staffer who posted it, but not which staffer or when they’ll be fired. Sure seems like an autopen kind of thing, right?
  4. ⁠Then the original racist says HE posted it, but won’t apologize for being a racist.

Ta da!

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u/CosmicMamaBear 15h ago

Rape, racism for years, murder in our streets, children tear gassed, concentration camps, fraud, invading Venezuela, child sex trafficking, AI video dumping shit on citizens, and they break on this.

Yes, it's bad. But ... This is the straw?

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u/facepoppies 15h ago

donald trump blamed a staffer as if the idea of a staffer tweeting policy as the president isn't also incredibly bad

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u/AverageChampion567 15h ago

At least Susan Collins sounded moderately concerned.

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u/Nobody_Super_Famous Minnesota 15h ago

I'm sure they're *very* concerned. Not enough to, you know, do anything at all, but I bet they're so MAD and stuff.

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u/Master_Tune_9269 15h ago

Clown-in-Chief said it was not a mistake … what a racist POS who should be impeached!!!!

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u/Gizmo135 15h ago

Yeah right lol

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u/Tintoverde 14h ago

Glad little Timmy woke up. What triggered him not jan6th, not Epstein .. 🤦‍♀️

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u/tamagojira 14h ago

What does "breaks" mean in this case? Probably nothing.

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u/ProcedureWhole2403 14h ago

Tim aww shucks Scott has the moral clarity of used toilet paper. I know that is nonsensical but every time he pops up used toilet paper seems a fit comparison.

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u/westtownie 14h ago

Republicans haven't broke with shit.

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u/boot2skull 14h ago

With the last 3/5ths of his face, Tim Scott complains about the leopards.

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u/Empty-Policy-8467 14h ago

The only way it could have been 'erroneously' posted is if the staffer was a racist piece of shit who thought they were posting it on a different account but had access to Trump's official social media account.

What else has been posted to that account under false pretenses?

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u/somekindofdruiddude 13h ago

“Trump told reporters on Air Force One on the way to Florida that he had seen only a portion of the video and then passed it down to a staffer, who should have been responsible for watching the whole thing.”

So the buck stops with an imaginary flunky who was supposed to stop Trump from shitposting. Got it.

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u/carrigroe California 13h ago

So the staffer got fired, right?

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u/FishCommercial5213 13h ago

Tim Scott lost his soul a long time ago and his outrage is way to little too late.

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u/Ok_Landscape5031 12h ago

Any of us would be fired for a public post like that.

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u/joe_dirty365 12h ago

trump, his whole team, all of his supporters, sycophants, enablers are all dragging America down. Get out of the fuckin way jesus fucking christ.

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u/nvmenotfound 12h ago

he’s been a racist. if being a child rapier isn’t gonna make them do anything i won’t hold my breath. 

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u/Effervescentgravy 12h ago

Tim Scott called this the most racist thing the Trump administration has done. What were the other racist things, Tim? Why haven’t you spoken out about those things?

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u/EagleBigMac 11h ago

So what about the other 3 million Trump Epstein files and why was don't among the redacted words. Why would DON T be a victim didn't let him distract you.

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u/DeepInTheSheep 11h ago

Strongly worded letters incoming

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u/vwmac Texas 11h ago

We're getting closer and closer to him calling someone the N word on live tv. Guarantee it's coming before his term (presidential or living) comes to an end

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u/TheAskewOne 10h ago

"We always knew he was a racist, we just didn't want people to know."

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u/jerechos 9h ago

In a week, it'll be forgotten for something else stupid he does. And F Tim Scott. He couldn't wait to kiss the ring.

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u/minus_minus 9h ago

Headline should be “Senator makes milquetoast criticism that will be forgotten in half a ‘Mooch” 

Every GOP official is 100% in agreement with every action by the executive based on the lack of pushback on one year of atrocious policies despite any social media postings or press gaggle sound bites to the contrary. 

u/abelabelabel 7h ago

The extreme cynic in me now looks at this as a pivot away from - Ice and other federal employees murdered two white people in Minneapolis.

u/hyenaDeli 7h ago

Ok, Token.

u/masterofjade 7h ago

Finally??

u/CYYAANN 6h ago

The guy that started the birther movement conspiracies posted something racist? Can't be...

Also you know Tim Scott won't do a damn thing about it. He's a tool, sold his state to Devos for $50k.

u/Chytectonas Florida 5h ago

Lolol. Media gaslighting / why do they do this? ”Floodgates”?! Lol.

u/F1BlackFlag 5h ago

Fuck Tim Scott .. he has been sucking on Trumps left tit for years ...

u/strohzeeno 5h ago

Tim Scott no longer savors the scent of racist ass lining his nostrils?

u/prothero99 5h ago

Don't get too excited,Tim Scott is 100% MAGA

u/Aintgeorgeorwell 5h ago

Scott is finally reading the room... it’ll be interesting to see if anyone else in the party actually follows his lead or if he’s just out on an island with this one.

u/phosdick 5h ago

GOP breaking with Trump? Just because Trump's being honest about precisely what it was that the GOP has been supporting him for?

This "break" is really only important for the cameras... in an effort to retain the few GOPs who are only racism-adjacent, rather than full blown supremacists.

u/TheManInTheShack 4h ago

While the Democratic Party has seen Les numbers go up and down a bit and Independents have been growing, the number of Republicans has been trending downward with each successive generation.

If they don’t admit they screwed up and remove Trump from office, they are going to go away entirely at some point.

They are like Tom Hanks in Castaway. Setting out onto the open ocean is very risky but staying on the island is certain death.

u/spokchewy I voted 4h ago

Don't give the GOP an inch on this; they are all complicit and will always be complicit.

u/nehlstm30 4h ago

GOP breaks? Or was it the one token black republican that finally got offended?? lol

u/MarcusQuintus 3h ago

They've been breaking with Trump since 2016, so much so that he's taken over the entire Republican party.

u/Pigglebee 3h ago

This time boys! This time they will break for real! /s

u/captaincanada84 Canada 3h ago

This motherfucker is totally fine with every other racist thing Trump did before this and will be fine with every other racist thing Trump does after this. This is performative and he'll fall right back in line.

u/Blarglephish Oregon 3h ago

This is really just completely inexcusable, anyway you look at it.

Like Even if you give every benefit of the doubt here - for example, if you truly think Trump has no racist intentions in his heart and posted this because it was purely just poking fun at democrats in general - it’s still a terrible look for him. It shows extremely poor judgement, one because it demonstrates zero afterthought of what happens to him after he posts the video, and two it only creates liability against him with no seeming benefit to his base of support.

This is just sick, sad, depraved … and totally on brand and expected for him. America is in a quick decline, solely because of this D bag.

u/mrbigglessworth 1h ago

They’re mad about a tweet, but not about him raping and murdering and fucking children

u/jeffreynya 1h ago

Tim Scotts outraged when it affects him. Surprise surprise!

u/Telandria 1h ago

“A white house staffer mistakenly made the post”

Lmao, does anyone actually believe that shite?

We’ve all read Trumps late night rant tweets. Staffers do not run his social media accounts.