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JUST IN:Donald Trump refuses to apologise for ‘incredibly racist’ video of Barack and Michelle Obama
The minute-long video about rigged voting machines, which has since been deleted, showed a two-second shot of the former President and First Lady as apes.
They are dancing in a jungle with The Lion Sleeps Tonight playing in the background.
A White House official said a member of staff ‘erroneously made the post’, but Trump has refused to apologise
Shirking all responsibility, he said: ‘I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
What I saw in the beginning was really strong. It was about fraudulent elections. Anytime I see that stuff and it’s credible, you put it up.
I didn’t do it. This was done by someone else. It was a re-truth but that was a very strong truth.’
He added the staffer who posted the video will not be fired
And when asked if he himself would apologise, Trump said: ‘No, I didn’t make a mistake.’
When a journalist criticized Trump for ‘not knowing what was going on in his name, he lashed out.
He said: ‘I know a hell of a lot better than you do. You don’t know what’s going on. I know what’s going on.’
Senator Tim Scott, who is the only black Republican to have a seat in the senate, described it as ‘the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House’
