Overview
- CNN reporting says the president raged at Sens. Tim Scott and Katie Britt for publicly condemning a Truth Social video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, with one source quoting him calling Britt “dead to him.”
- The report describes the president rewarding loyalists with golf and Super Bowl party invitations while excluding Scott and Britt during GOP events at Mar-a-Lago.
- Britt’s office rejected the CNN account as “fake news” and defended her alignment with the president, and the White House said he has “great respect” for her.
- Scott and Britt publicly criticized the post; CNN adds that Scott first tried to reach the president privately before posting his rebuke when he could not get through.
- The video remained online for about 12 hours before deletion, and the president has refused to apologize, blaming an unnamed staffer, saying no one was fired, and defending the broader voter-fraud message.