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Local GOP official’s social media post draws backlash in Kentucky for its depiction of the Obamas

On Saturday, Bobbie Coleman, chairwoman of the Hardin County Republican Party, confirmed sharing a video on the Hardin County GOP Facebook page depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes dancing to a song from Disney's `The Lion King`.
Framing the video as celebratory, Bobbie Coleman said it aimed to celebrate President Donald Trump's achievements by portraying him as a Lion King triumphing over liberal Democrats and called it a silly way to celebrate the policy victories of the past nine months.
The clip also portrayed other Democrats as animals and showed Republican President Donald Trump as a lion, and the Hardin County Republican Party deleted the post and apologized for `amplifying offensive imagery of former President Obama`.
The Republican Party of Kentucky condemned the post as `vile and reprehensible` and said it is investigating, promising the `harshest action available to us`, Adam Hope said Monday.
The depiction taps into an 18th-century racist trope, as 18th-century cultural racism and pseudo-scientific theories fueled such imagery that persisted in 20th-century political cartoons and sports commentary, triggering modern social backlash and loss of employment.

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