Trump Deletes Racist Video, White House Blames Staffer for Post Despite Karoline Leavitt Previously Defending It
Donald Trump has deleted a Truth Social post that has sparked backlash and was deemed racist by many people.
The President of the United States reposted an AI video that depicted him as a lion with Democrats as various animals. Barack and Michelle Obama‘s faced were superimposed on the bodies of two animated apes.
Amid the backlash, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the post, saying that it was an internet meme. She said in her statement, “Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
Well, the White House is now changing their tune.
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An official is now claiming that the post was put up by a lower-level staffer by mistake and that it has now been removed.
“A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down,” the official told Deadline.
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