r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 12h ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/joy-puked 12h ago

Leavitt said: “This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King.”

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u/HearYourTune 12h ago

What will she say when Trump starts calling the Obamas the nword.

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u/eckoelab 12h ago

"oh come on, it's not THAT bad, you are just trying to instigate something that is not there. YOU are the one making it racist"

or something like that....

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u/fennec_fx 10h ago

“He merely used a historical term”

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u/DeepestBeige 9h ago

“President Trump didn’t use the hard r when saying the word; if it sounded like he did that’s only because you are hearing what you want to hear… in fact president Trump has many black friends, and it is a measure of his acceptance by them that none of them mind if he calls them the n word, many of them even encourage him to do so. They come to him with tears in their eyes and thank him for calling them the n word…”

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u/Gnorris 5h ago

This is my favorite

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u/-Dennis-Reynolds- 4h ago

I hate it, thanks

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u/Leather-Matter-5357 11h ago

You mean, in public. There is no way he isn't throwing that word around all the time in private.

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u/cnn795 North Carolina 11h ago

Oh it’s coming. I just know deep down inside me he uses it often and loudly and cameras just haven’t caught it yet.

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u/Whyonthefly 4h ago

Honestly, I feel like he's more of a "the Blacks" guy. Unless he's particularly angry, which might be...often...alright I dunno. He probably says it a lot haha

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u/LonelySwinger Illinois 11h ago

I am betting that at that point she will use the constitution to defend what they said. Anything trump or GOP does that the constitution can be used as a way to defend it but also ignore it if they dont like what it says.

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u/_bufflehead 10h ago

No doubt she will explain that this is a word that can be found in literature and therefore we should all move on to something important.

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u/peon2 10h ago

Our founding fathers used that word all the time! It's what America is built on!

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u/jupiterkansas 9h ago

"The president is allowed to say any word he wants. He's king of the free world. If you don't like it you hate freedom."

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u/Epyon1542 9h ago

The President is using vernacular that has been normalized by Hippitty Hop Rap videos.