President Trump posted a video Thursday to his social media site that contains animated images depicting former President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. This video is an escalation in the assault that is likely to come on voting rights and voting access in the midterms. The premise of the video in question is that Democrats have engaged in a complicated and decades-long scheme to steal elections. This video is a clear statement that Trump’s vision of America is one in which every non-white group, every vulnerable group really, is a second-class citizen. Abdullah said she worries that even if the voter crackdown isn’t officially sanctioned, those empowered conspiracy theorists will take action anyway.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 06, 2026 22:00 UTC