Parker Whitfield, the girlfriend of Bronny James, is the latest celebrity to slam Donald Trump for uploading a now-deleted racist video on X last Friday. Whitfield is the daughter of “Queen Sugar” actor Dondre Whitfield and “Eureka” actress Salli Richardson.
In a post on her Instagram stories, Parker shared a quote from The Basic Blogger Bitch, who called Trump a racist. It also called out the president’s supporters, who defended his post depicting former POTUS Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as apes.
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“Trump is racist. Period. And YOU are racist if you continue to support him. It’s actually THAT simple,” the post read.
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“Hope this helps,” Parker added.
Parker Whitfield and Bronny James have been an item since they were seen together at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Bronny was supporting his father, LeBron James, who was representing Team USA.
Donald Trump deletes video, won’t apologize for posting it in the first place
After some initial pushback from the White House, Donald Trump deleted the video on his X account after additional backlash from his fellow Republicans. Plenty of Democrats were upset by Trump’s video, but it was also condemned by some members of his party.
However, Trump refused to apologize for posting the video in the first place. He addressed it while on Air Force One, making an excuse for not knowing what was in the video.
“No, I didn’t make a mistake,” Trump said, according to NBC News. “I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine. I looked in the first part, and it was really about voter fraud in, and the machines, how crooked it is, how disgusting it is.”
The POTUS added:
“Then I gave it to the people. Generally, they’d look at the whole thing. But I guess somebody didn’t, and they posted. We took it down as soon as we found out about it.”
NBC News reported that the blame was put on a White House staffer, who allegedly uploaded the video to Donald Trump’s account.
But regardless of who posted it, the backlash was enormous since even his allies called the president out. From Fox News’ Laura Ingraham to Utah senator John Curtis to South Carolina pastor Mark Burks, the message was clear.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is also getting the brunt of the outrage for how she handled the situation initially.
Edited by Juan Paolo David
