President Donald Trump took down an inflammatory post from Truth Social that depicted the Obamas as monkeys after a wave of backlash from some of the president's top allies on Capitol Hill.
The post first appeared on Thursday night and went under the radar until Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the lone Black member of the Senate GOP, demanded Trump take it down.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote the post off as a "meme" that was part of a video depicting Trump as the king of the jungle from "The Lion King."
"Even if this was a Lion King meme, a reasonable person sees the racist context to this," Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., said in a post on X. "The White House should do what anyone does when they make a mistake: remove this and apologize."
Still, it took several hours for the post to be removed.
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