AUTOPEN!' Newsom Skewers Trump's Claim An Aide Is Posting For Him [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
Feb 6th, 2026, 2:01 pm
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) press office took the White House claim that Donald Trump wasn’t responsible for a racist social media post depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes— and ran with it Friday.
The post included baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and a short video clip of the Obamas’ faces superimposed on the bodies of simians. It immediately drew widespread condemnation from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as well as from prominent members of the media.
After Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt initially brushed off the outrage as “fake,” the administration apparently felt forced to pivot.
CNN White House correspondent Alayna Treene reported, “The White House has now taken down the post. A senior WH official tells me: ‘A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down.'” Treene added, “It was up for 12 hours.”
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WOW! WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP DOESN’T WRITE HIS OWN TWEETS???
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov) 2026-02-06T17:45:11.542Z
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UPDATE: Racist video of Obamas removed from Trump social account
A White House official blamed a staffer for erroneously posting the video.
https://axios.com/2026/02/06/trump-racist-video-barack-michelle-obama-truth-social
12:43 PM · Feb 6, 2026
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