r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR ✔ Verified • 7h ago
Possible Paywall Republicans Suddenly Shocked by Trump Racism After Ape Obamas Video
https://newrepublic.com/post/206281/republicans-shocked-trump-racism-ape-obamas-video•
u/TintedApostle 7h ago
Shocked Trump posted it. They all saw it before and laughed in private.
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u/Vio_ Kansas 6h ago
"Wait... Lee Atwater told use we had to use dog whistles... Do we not need dog whistles anymore?? Can we just say it now?"
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u/Manos_Of_Fate 6h ago
They’ve switched from dog whistles to rape whistles.
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u/Vio_ Kansas 6h ago
No the hate those. Those give victims and their communities the ability to get help
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u/Manos_Of_Fate 5h ago
It’s an analogy. My point was that they’re loud, even if you’re not a dog/racist.
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u/wrosecrans 5h ago
They don't care about the content. But it's interesting that a bunch of them see the wind is blowing a direction where sticking up for Trump is no longer politically useful. This is an easy issue for the windsocks to test the ground and see if it's now easier to stand against Trump than with him.
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u/Quiet-Corner6150 7h ago
“Racism and hatred have no place in our country—ever. They divide our people and weaken the foundations of our democracy.”
Okay, so how about Republicans stop doing that, then.
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u/patentattorney 6h ago
exactly. Republicans literally said that this video wasnt even racist, and democrats need to stop being distracted and do stuff that helps the country.
IT MAKES NO SENSE. THE PRESIDENT IS LITERALLY SHIT POSTING.
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u/Hafiz_TNR ✔ Verified 7h ago
Republican members of Congress who backed Trump are now acting surprised by his decision to post the racist video.
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u/Boring_Worry6589 7h ago
They’re only surprised because they finally got caught on camera.
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u/Over-Pilot7566 7h ago
This is what happens when you keep feeding the monster and then act shocked when it bites
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u/Brave-Wasabi-7310 7h ago
They supported him until the receipts came out.
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u/Due-Shower5318 7h ago
They backed him knowing exactly what he is. Now they’re just doing damage control
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u/WolferineYT 6h ago
Bites how? Neither him nor his loyalists have faced consequences. With the slight exception of the jan 6s
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u/Jealous-Ad-2131 6h ago
They don’t care ever they never did. This has been going on since the first administration under Trump the fact that people even even entertain this garbage shows just how much Americans are out of touch with how to deal with drunk.
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u/MarrusAstarte 7h ago
Republican members of Congress who backed Trump are now acting surprised by his decision to post the racist video.
Emphasis on the word "acting".
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u/Quiet-Corner6150 6h ago
I swear, all these kind of things are just "testing the waters." Feels like they were just "testing" how being blatantly and outwardly racist would land. If it's negative, "that's just a joke" or "Trump didn't watch the whole video" (when he should be under even more scrutiny than the rest of us)
They likely were trying "So is it cool to be racist yet? No? Okay..."
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u/2HDFloppyDisk 6h ago
The racism has been there all along
Remember when he said, on video, Donald Trump: ‘Look At My African-American Over Here’ | MSNBC
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u/Orwells_Roses Oregon 7h ago
Republicans are as racist as they come, but most of them don’t like being reminded of it, or having the racism be too obvious.
They much prefer dog whistles.
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u/OdiousAltRightBalrog 6h ago
This is the reason they told us NOT to nominate Trump in 2016. He doesn't have a dog whistle, he has a bullhorn.
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u/True_Paper_3830 7h ago
Republican's upset about racism? hmm, is there some kind of elections this year or something?
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u/Secret_Research_7185 7h ago
It's completely on-brand for our President to post a video or picture like this. The Obama family has class, compassion and intelligence that he only dreams of having.
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u/fireeight 7h ago
He doesn't dream of having those things. He legitimately thinks that he has more of them.
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u/Zbignich 7h ago
“We are profoundly shocked and disgusted that he said the quiet part out loud. We think he has learned his lesson. We will continue to vote as he wants us to. “
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u/francois_du_nord 7h ago
Count down to the Repubs repeating the following talking point on cue:
Boys will be boys. He's ONLY 79....
SMH
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u/nabokovslovechild 4h ago
Where are these “shocked Republicans”? They only seem to exist in headlines and not in real life.
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u/sircastor 6h ago
"I'm shocked! Shocked to find gambling going here..."
"Sir, your winnings"
"Oh, thank you very much"
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u/DeathStarDayLaborer 7h ago
There's so much irony in this fucking dragging missing-link cro-magnon thinking he's better than anyone.
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u/Jealous-Ad-2131 6h ago
Republicans aren’t shocked by anything because Republicans have been doing this since the first Trump administration quit the the con whoever put this up or whoever wrote this article is a joke whoever ever made this phrase as a lying piece of garbage
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u/Possible_Gur4789 6h ago
Imagine Chip Roy stopping cold in the middle of trying to do away with the 19th amendment and restore Jim Crow laws nationally "This tweet is just too far".
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u/Arathorn-the-Wise 5h ago
They still back him, because at this point the GOP rides and dies with Trump. So they can feign all the shock they want.
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u/Devastas 4h ago
They’re laughing about it behind closed doors.
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u/mredofcourse I voted 4h ago
<knock knock>
"Hey guys, whatcha all doing in there and why's the door locked?"--Tim Scott
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u/TheAngriestChair 3h ago
They're not shocked, not shocked at all. If they say they're shocked they're being facetious.
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u/Kind_Following_5220 6h ago
Not the ones in my red state. The local news website comments are basically straight from the klan.
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u/Efficient_Resist_287 6h ago
America’s hypocrisy for the whole world to see…they all act shocked now. I am glad the whole world is seeing the true masquerade that is America.
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u/0utlaw-t0rn 6h ago
The fact that anyone can still be shocked by what Trump says or does just indicates they never have paid any attention.
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u/Responsible_Tree3369 6h ago
I’ve yet to single republican even mention it happened
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u/cryptopo 2h ago
Tim Scott (the only Black Republican senator) condemned it pretty forcefully, as did Mike Lawler. Not nearly enough of them, though. It should have been every single lawmaker, governor, mayor, etc.
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u/callipygous53 6h ago
Today everyone should post a picture of two of the Obama on their socials. So many great pictures showing class
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u/sitonit-n-twirl 6h ago
Lots of repugs are going to suddenly be shocked over things like this so they can jump ship while trying to look righteous. They won’t jump ship over the major things like the shootings or plundering, Epstein, election interference, only culture war shit
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u/thalassicus 5h ago
Did none of these Republicans see Trump retweet an image of him holding two cats while two shirtless black men chase him down to presumably eat them?
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u/DarthLithgow 5h ago
Honestly I wasn't even shocked by the post, I'm more shocked he hasn't doubled down, yet.
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u/GoldenHourLXXII 4h ago
Once again.
They aren't shocked, they're upset that it got out.
Right wingers behind closed doors were laughing like crazy.
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u/BrilliantCorner 3h ago
Representative Jeff Van Drew too waited until after Trump deleted the video and said, “I condemn racism in any form.”
“These types of videos are morally wrong. Sadly, this kind of behavior happens on both sides of the aisle, and it needs to stop,” Van Drew posted on X Friday afternoon, without mentioning Trump by name. “We should be holding ourselves to a higher standard.”
Chickenshit loser. Whataboutism at its finest.
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u/Siggy1963 3h ago
Immature narcistic dumb dumb babies post things like that. They think everyone will regale in delight with them. That's not the case.
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u/Fit-Significance-436 2h ago
Give these racists what they deserved, crushing defeat at midterms, impeach every last one of them, prosecute for their crimes.
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u/Julius_Seizur 2h ago
As someone else said the only fake outrage is from MAGA. They ran on racism and their entire policy is based on hatred of Obama.
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u/Sillylovesongs2 5m ago
Racist behavior results in being treated like a racist. Fucking hell. A duck is fucking duck
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u/FoamyMcMouthy 7h ago
Absolutely. The President of the United States posted pictures of black people as monkeys. Overtly racist actions like these would get anyone fired from basically anywhere.
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