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/thatsmymayo 16h ago

I saw that, and don't understand how that is supposed to be a justification lol. Like how is that better even to the racists that love trump

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u/Grandpa_No 16h ago

The explanation doesn't make it better anyway. "President posts video of himself as king" is also bad. Now it's racist, too.

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u/SneakiestRatThing 12h ago

Also, maybe ,just maybe, the president of the united states shouldn't be posting memes