Washington, Feb. 7 -- The White House on Friday removed an election-conspiracy video shared by President Donald Trump on social media that included racist footage depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.
A White House official said a staffer "erroneously made the post," which has been taken down.
The statement came after serious backlash, including from GOP Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, who called the post racist and said Trump should remove it.
"Praying it was fake because it's the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House. The President should remove it," the South Carolina Republican, who's also the chair of the Senate GOP campaign committee, wrote on X....