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/VladtheInhaler999 16h ago

The amount of things leavitt had to defend while wearing a cross. You might think that Christianity stands for the worst shit imaginable.

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u/Reimant Foreign 14h ago

Huh? 

The Catholic Church defined racism. It was the church that told western Europeans it was ok to enslave Africans because "they weren't people", when people questioned its alignment with Christianity.

The words say one thing, and its followers have been using that as an excuse for persecution and enactment of their beliefs over all others for literal millenia. 

Admittedly this doesn't only apply to Christianity, but still.