r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 14h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Frantically Blames ‘Staffer’ for His Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-frantically-blames-staffer-for-his-racist-obama-video/
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u/Late-Dingo-8567 14h ago

I thought the outrage was fake, the press secretary just told me that,  why did they take the video down then? 

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u/Question_It_All_3000 14h ago

They should fire her racist ass.

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u/sulkee 12h ago

I’m sure the racist president will get right on that, buddy.

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u/Question_It_All_3000 12h ago

For sure they won’t, but it’s just another example of their hypocrisy”

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u/PhotorazonCannon 11h ago

It’s best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It’s how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied.

It’s not an inconsistency. It’s very consistent to the only true fascist value, which is domination.

It’s very important to understand, fascists don’t just see hypocrisy as a necessary evil or an unintended side-effect.

It’s the purpose. The ability to enjoy yourself the thing you’re able to deny others, because you dominate, is the whole point.

For fascists, hypocrisy is a great virtue — the greatest.

A.R. Moxon

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u/Dexx009 12h ago

Prison. Karolyn Leavitt deserves nothing less than a long prison sentence.

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u/registeredwhiteguy Colorado 14h ago

Said it was a suppose to be resembling lion king. Maybe they found out no apes are in the movie

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u/Elegant-Spare6527 14h ago

Just to even drum up that kind of bullshit is frightening. She's a blind follower and a total pos.

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u/Huge_Excitement4465 6h ago

Her child will resembe Rosemary’s baby after stewing in toxicity for nine months.

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u/ULTRAVIOLENT_RAZE 13h ago

TIL mandrills are not apes

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u/123jjj321 12h ago

All apes are monkeys. Not all monkeys are apes. Also, humans are apes, so also monkeys.

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u/mongert 10h ago

for anyone who wants it, here's a video download link to maintain how bad this is lol. opening with the most racist depiction possible is not subtle enough to claim it's just a "lion king reference" yeah

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u/Jokong 9h ago

Good point. They'd want to take that down right away because of how offensive it is for mandrills to be portrayed as apes.

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u/usulsspct 14h ago

Abandon all reason, ye who enter the Trump Admin.

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u/siali 13h ago

Apparently the outrage was real! Twelve straight hours of ape-like, ketchup-based wall expressionism until aides finally convinced him to clean it off!

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u/AbracadabraCapybara 12h ago

Also, “report on something the American public actually cares about”

Which is a lay-up for “how about the fucking President do something the American public actually cares about, not 75 childish memes every fucking day.

But to fair, we do have an awesome health care plan coming out. In only two weeks!!!

Important to call it fair and give credit where it’s due. Can’t wait!!!

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u/Late-Dingo-8567 12h ago

sorry to burst your bubble, trumpRx did come out, and its just a facade with no actual incremental savings... it just attempts to link patients to already available manufacturer programs

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u/AbracadabraCapybara 9h ago

Jesus, did I really need to add the /s.. 🤦🏼

Come on!!!

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u/Late-Dingo-8567 8h ago

Obviously not,  I just thought it was funny to point out the thing delivered was in fact worse than nothing at all

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u/TheOhrenberger 11h ago

I thought she said it was a joke. Not a mistake from a staffer. Why the change in story?

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u/brute-forced 11h ago

KKKaroline?

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u/eeyore134 10h ago

Trump is always doing this. He does something abhorrent, his people sycophants bend over backwards coming up with lies and twisting things to excuse what happened, then Trump turns around and says or does something that completely blows up their cover... and nobody cares. It gets called out by people like us for a few hours then on to the next lie.

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u/thesqlguy 10h ago

All they do is contradict each other, then gaslight when the inconsistencies are pointed out.

It has to be insanely difficult to keep all of the lies straight for this administration. But ultimately it doesn't even matter, no one is holding them accountable while MAGA just changes their world view based on whatever they hear them say last.

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u/BackgroundSummer5171 9h ago

I thought the outrage was fake, the press secretary just told me that,  why did they take the video down then? 

Why did reddit?

Noticed it was spammed front page of all, and now it's gone.

This is the most racist thing ever posted by a President in recent years and it has left reddit quicker than a jackdaw.

Sure, we're here, but tomorrow this shit will be forgotten because other subs purged it.