Daily Wire's Matt Walsh attacks Sen. Tim Scott and Sen. Katie Britt for condemning Trump's racist post depicting the Obamas as apes

Walsh: “We should be past the point of this country where an edgy meme or cartoon, even one that some people think is racist and offensive, is a national crisis, but here we are”

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From the February 9, 2026, edition of The Daily Wire's The Matt Walsh Show

MATT WALSH (HOST): Meanwhile, as you may have seen, Republicans were outraged, genuinely livid over the allegation that Donald Trump has supposedly shared a racist meme on Truth Social depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as gorillas in The Lion King. Now it's a false allegation as we'll discuss in a moment, but even if the allegation were true, the reaction would still be completely absurd, over the top, and embarrassing in every way.

I mean, we should be past the point of this country where an edgy meme or cartoon, even one that some people think is racist and offensive, is a national crisis, but here we are.

And here is Tim Scott of South Carolina to start off, quote, praying it was a fake because it's the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House. The president should remove it.

Really, Tim? You're praying? You saw a cartoon of Barack Obama as a monkey and you fell to your knees in prayer over it? You're praying? Oh, lord, save us. Save us from the memes. Lord. Lord. I find that hard to believe, Tim. I find it hard to believe you've ever prayed ever in your life, actually.

And here's Senator Katie Britt of Alabama, another politician who was floated by the establishment as a potential VP for Trump just a couple of years ago. Quote, this content was rightfully removed, should have never been posted to begin with, and is not who we are as a nation. Well, she's right. You know, the meme is not who we are as a nation. It — as a nation, but is any meme who we are as a nation? That seems like kind of a high bar to set for a meme.