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Posted by only_in_america 18 hours ago

Trump shares video with racist clip depicting Obamas as apes(www.bbc.co.uk)
52 points | 28 comments
password54321 17 hours ago|
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” ~Maya Angelou
krapp 14 hours ago|
This isn't even the first time Republicans portrayed Obama as a monkey. It was kind of a low-hanging meme for them during his presidency.
mothballed 13 hours ago||
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krapp 12 hours ago||
Yeah... no. You're not going to convince anyone that Obama and his wife were portrayed as apes, monkeys, what have you by the Trump administration as a compliment or that there was some kind of reverse racism against white people involved, or a sly jab at Trump's intelligence.

I'm half convinced you're doing satire here, and you don't even believe it yourself.

k310 18 hours ago||
trump has deleted the racist post showing the obamas as apes, which leaves karoline leavitt out to dry for defending it to the hilt earlier.

Source: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2orsuabrdskjpuglpru77po2/po...

fifilura 17 hours ago||
This is how they play with the dog-whistle.

Let it be out long enough for the white supremacists to notice and then apologize.

moogly 16 hours ago||
Is it really a dog whistle? Dog megaphone. Or maybe dog stadium PA.
NekkoDroid 10 hours ago||
We really aren't talking about a dog-whistle here... This is a fog horn.
k310 15 hours ago||
BBC report on the disappearing video.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8r8y78g10o

cosmicgadget 16 hours ago||
This is one of those moments you realize all of the Overton Window talk is not partisan nor alarmism.
duxup 18 hours ago||
It seems like Trump tries very hard to associate himself with things racists do/like, etc.
xenospn 17 hours ago||
It’s always a distraction. Look behind the curtain.
cosmicgadget 16 hours ago||
Can you please clarify this statement? It could mean a lot of things.
password54321 17 hours ago||
Trump posts video of Obama as an ape

Internet: "It is 4D chess!"

You can't make this up.

thunky 11 hours ago||
The idea is to keep raising the bar of absurdity higher and higher to prove that there are no consequences, making the next worse offense easier. All with the seal of approval from the entire power class.

Maybe not 4d chess, but it's working pretty well.

password54321 1 hour ago||
I think you are thinking of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window which might be true
yongjik 14 hours ago||
...and look at some comments here, every day I get confirmation that Trump supporters will defend everything, there's no coming back.

Thankfully they are <40% of US voters now. Yes, that's a depressingly large number but having a ~40% core group of MAGA and everyone else being thoroughly disgusted by Trump means the bottom is falling out for Republicans.

Recent Texas Senate election (SD-9) saw Democrats winning by 17 points (Republicans won the district in 2022 by 60-40). Abolishing ICE is now the more popular opinion (46 to 43 in some poll).

We'll see how much damage the beast will inflict before it's finally slain.

moogly 16 hours ago||
Anyone else doing this would be instant political suicide. For Trump, it's just another regular weekday.
lawn 14 hours ago||
Obama wore a tan suit and people went nuts.
jmye 15 hours ago||
Not just that, his base loves it. This is the stuff that gets them energized.
belter 15 hours ago|
"I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. not one decent cell in his body..."

   - Jeffrey Epstein