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Lovie777
(23,741 posts)mysteryowl
(9,350 posts)Get him out of office!
sop
(19,317 posts)orangecrush
(31,151 posts)At least the Guardian, unlike our lickspittles, called him a liar, not "false claims" or some such minimizing fluff.
NickB79
(20,405 posts)With the hard R.
orangecrush
(31,151 posts)If modern medicine has a conscience, it will rapidly find a cure for the disease keeping Trump alive.
— Melissa Blauvelt (@mbclinpath.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T13:29:48.408Z
riversedge
(81,546 posts)....................
Context: Depictions and caricatures of Black people as monkeys or apes were used to justify slavery, lynching, and the creation of Jim Crow laws.
The big picture: Trump has long peddled conspiracy theories about former President Obama.
Trump was a driving force of the "birther" movement against Obama, which falsely claimed that the former president was born in Kenya and had a forged birth certificate, which therefore disqualified him from serving as president.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/trump-racist-video-barack-michelle-obama-truth-social
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riversedge
(81,546 posts)18 mins ago -
Trump posts racist video of Obamas
April Rubin
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/trump-racist-video-barack-michelle-obama-truth-social
President Trump posted an overtly racist video clip portraying former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes at the end of a video on his Truth Social feed.
Why it matters:
Trump's offensive post uses a centuries-old trope against the first Black president and first lady in U.S. history during the first week of Black History Month.
orangecrush
(31,151 posts)Just incredible.
Will they ignore it when he starts using the N word,?
CanonRay
(16,269 posts)FredGarvin
(846 posts)There has been zero reporting on this other than offshore news agencies
Prairie Gates
(8,479 posts)Fla Dem
(27,772 posts)A direct racial attack against a former President. Truly an abuse of power.
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