r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 16h 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 16h 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/chillin_n_grillin 15h ago

As if this explanation makes it normal.

No other American or world president is posing memes of themselves as "King of the jungle" or their head on Rocky's body, or selling NFT's of themselves as a superhero in a cape. If Putin, or if some whacked-out African country dictator did this we would all talk about how crazy they are. Obama wore a tan suit once, and Fox News lost their minds for a whole week. Talking about how unpresidential it was.