As a flood of criticism hit Donald Trump over a vile online video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, the post has suddenly been deleted.
In a rare backtrack for the Roy Cohn schooled Trump, the White House put the blame for the blatantly racist repost on an over eager and lower level aide. Contacted by Deadline, an administration official said Friday , “A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down.”
Nine days into Black History Month, the posting from Trump’s Truth Social account was made around midnight ET. The witching hour is a pretty standard time for the former Apprentice to jump online, precedent has shown.
The deletion comes just hours earlier, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt strongly defended the video, saying, “This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from The Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
It should be pointed out there are no apes in The Lion King.
On Friday morning, even Trump loyalists began to speak out against the attack on the former POTUS and FLOTUS, with Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) calling it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.” Scott, who at one time was considered VP material and is running to be Governor of South Carolina, was joined in his condemnation of Trump’s posting by New York Republican Congressman Mike Lawler today. “The President’s post is wrong and incredibly offensive — whether intentional or a mistake — and should be deleted immediately with an apology offered,” Lawler tweeted.
The Obamas have not yet said anything about this latest attack from Trump, who literally started his political career trying to undermine the former President’s birth and American citizenship.
Among other Democrats, the response was quick and blunt. Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett summed up what many in her party in Congress and in Governor’s mansions said Friday.
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