Firestorm over racist social media post forces Trump to hit

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5727340-the-memo-firestorm-over-racist-social-media-post-forces-trump-to-hit-delete/

 The latest furor began late Thursday night with a social media post from the president. The post amplified a flagrant and undeniably racist clip of former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

But the White House message shifted after Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the sole Black GOP senator, blasted the Obama clip. His condemnation showed no evidence of performative fakery.

“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House. The President should remove it,” he wrote before 10 a.m. EST Friday.