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Senator on Georgia Senate floor condemns racially demeaning video shared by President Trump

Georgia State Senate · February 6, 2026

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Summary

A senator from the 38th District used a point of personal privilege on Feb. 6 to denounce a video shared by President Trump that depicted former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes, calling the imagery 'racism' and urging the body to draw a line against dehumanization amid Black History Month.

A senator from the 38th District rose on a point of personal privilege on Feb. 6 to condemn a video that, the senator said, President Trump shared depicting former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes. “This is not humor. This is not politics. This is racism, plain and simple,” the senator said.

Speaking during Black History Month, the senator called the imagery dehumanizing and said amplification of such material by a national leader risks endorsing hate. “When leaders dehumanize, violence is never far behind,” the senator said, urging lawmakers to reject normalization of dehumanization.

The speaker framed the remarks as a nonpartisan call for moral clarity: “Condemning this is not partisan. It actually is patriotic,” the senator said. The floor remarks referenced a White House press secretary response to social-media coverage and expressed concern that the American public would not accept the portrayal.

The remarks were delivered as part of the day's personal-privilege period; no formal action or resolution to censure or condemn was introduced on the floor during the session. The senator then recognized a visiting veteran and yielded the well.