Overview
- The Democratic Party’s official X account shared an Easter image of Barack Obama beside the Easter Bunny with the caption “Better times at the White House.”
- The post did not show or mention Joe Biden, prompting users to question why the party leaned on Obama-era nostalgia instead of highlighting its most recent president.
- Commenters including Christian influencer Renatta Oxendine asked, “Why are y’all skipping over Biden?” and Fox News Digital columnist David Marcus called the post a “brutal smack down of Joe Biden.”
- Republican accounts amplified the controversy by resurfacing a Gavin Newsom press office message that praised Obama and mocked Biden’s “functioning brain.”
- Newsom’s team later posted a separate note praising Biden’s “empathy,” and the DNC had not responded to media questions as the dispute continued across social platforms.