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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.”
In an exclusive interview with ESSENCE, the senator shared his initial reactions to the post, stating that “dehumanization is a prerequisite for violence.” He referred back to “our country’s darkest demons,” discussing how the president’s actions resemble hate crimes that have led to lynchings and police brutality in the past.
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