Screenshot courtesy of Essence | WISCONSIN DELLS, WISCONSIN – JUNE 14: Raphael Warnock speaks onstage during attends the Wisconsin Democrats 2025 Convention at Chula Vista Resort on June 14, 2025 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Exclusive: Sen. Raphael Warnock Condemns Trump’s Racist Post About The Obamas, Urging Lawmakers ‘Not To Be Silent’
United States Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia is calling for accountability from the Trump Administration after a video posted from President Donald Trump’s social media account used racist imagery. It depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, using the nation’s highest position to further divide the country.
“This is an assault on humanity,” says Warnock. “It is important that this be viewed not only as an assault on our Black humanity but an assault on the covenant that we have with one another as an American people.”
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