You knew the panic merchants, the squishes, and the Democrats were going to lose their minds over this video. That reaction was baked in. And yet, almost none of the outrage is grounded in what actually happened.
To be clear: the imagery involving Barack Obama and Michelle Obama is indefensible. Depicting them as monkeys is offensive and wrong — full stop. That’s not something anyone wants associated with the White House, and pretending otherwise is dishonest.
But here’s where the media narrative collapses.
The post in question was not about the Obamas. It was about voter fraud and election integrity. The controversial imagery came from a separate, older reel that included virtually every major political figure — including Joe Biden — portrayed in the same crude, juvenile style. Whoever reposted the content failed to clip that reel out. Sloppy? Yes. Malicious intent? No evidence of it.
Crucially, the video was not created or edited by the Trump team. It was part of the original material. That distinction matters — even if the media pretends it doesn’t:
“This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Everyone take a breath.
The manufactured outrage here is rich — especially coming from the same crowd that just spent days ignoring video after video of white leftist activists hurling racial slurs at Black ICE agents in Minneapolis. Funny how that didn’t spark wall-to-wall moral panic or emergency press conferences.
But suddenly, this is the crisis. Spare us. And here’s an update: Yes, it was mistakenly posted by a staffer, and it’s been removed:
Once again, I genuinely do not care what upsets the liberal media or the usual cadre of spineless Republicans who live in mortal fear of a bad headline. Were the communications sloppy? Sure. Mistakes happen. Welcome to reality.
But the pearl-clutching is absurd. This wasn’t some carefully orchestrated plot — it was an editing oversight in a longer clip about alleged voter fraud. Anyone who has ever worked with video knows this: if you don’t scrub every second, weird things can slip through. Pretending this was intentional is either dishonest or willfully ignorant.
Meanwhile, Larry Elder posted one hellava tweet in response to all the teeth-gnashing, and he brought a LOT of receipts. Read the whole thing?