Hardin Co. GOP Official's Post Sparks Backlash
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A video shared online showed former President Obama and his wife as apes.
The Hardin County Republican Party chair is apologizing for a video showing former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. Chair Bobbie Coleman said she didn't initially see the video as racist. The Republican Party of Kentucky condemned the post and said the party is investigating.
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Hardin Co. GOP Official's Post Sparks Backlash
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The Hardin County Republican Party chair is apologizing for a video showing former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. Chair Bobbie Coleman said she didn't initially see the video as racist. The Republican Party of Kentucky condemned the post and said the party is investigating.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe Hardin County Republican Party chair is apologizing for a video showing former President Barack Obama and former first Lady Michelle Obama as apes.
The Courier-Journal reports the video was posted to then deleted from the county party's Facebook account.
Chair Bobby Coleman says she did not initially see the video as racist.
She says she saw it as a video portraying President Donald Trump as a Lion King, triumphing over liberal Democrats.
She said, quote, as someone who does not engage with racist tropes, I did not consider the underlying meaning that this video may have had.
I am not racist, and any suggestion to the contrary does not reflect my values or character.
End of her quote.
Robert Benvenuti, who was chair of the Republican Party of Kentucky, put out this statement saying, quote, The Republican Party of Kentucky condemns hate in all its forms.
This post is vile and reprehensible, and is directly adverse to all that we stand for as a party and a nation, end quote.
Benvenuti says the party is investigating.
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