Trump Removes Racist Meme of Obamas After Bipartisan Rebuke

President Donald Trump deleted a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes from his social media platform after a bipartisan outcry, including from Tim Scott, the only Black Republican US senator.

Trump reposted the clip on Thursday to his 11.7 million followers on Truth Social. It included a narrator making unsubstantiated claims that voting machines were insecure in battleground states during the 2020 election, which former President Joe Biden won.

In the last seconds of the video, photos appear of the former president and first lady’s faces, with their mouths agape, superimposed on the bodies of primates. ...