南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特周五点名批评唐纳德·特朗普总统在“真实社交”平台上发布的一条帖子，要求其删除。
这条引发争议的帖子是特朗普周四晚间发布在“真实社交”平台上的，内容将前总统巴拉克·奥巴马和前第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马描绘成猴子或类人猿。
作为参议院共和党中唯一的黑人议员，斯科特呼吁特朗普删除该帖子。
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南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特周五批评唐纳德·特朗普总统在“真实社交”平台上发布的一条将巴拉克和米歇尔·奥巴马描绘成猴子的帖子，称这是“我在白宫看到的最种族主义的内容”。（Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images）
“我祈祷这是假的，因为这是我在白宫看到的最种族主义的内容，”斯科特表示，“总统应该删除它。”
他的这一请求意外地得到了参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默的支持，舒默也同样呼吁特朗普删除该帖子。
“种族主义的、卑劣的、令人憎恶的。这很危险，损害了我们的国家——参议院共和党人在哪里？总统必须立即删除该帖子，并向巴拉克和米歇尔·奥巴马道歉，他们是两位伟大的美国人，却让唐纳德·特朗普看起来像个心胸狭隘、心怀嫉妒的小人，”舒默在X平台上表示。
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2026年2月1日，佛罗里达州棕榈滩，唐纳德·特朗普总统在海湖庄园向记者讲话。（Al Drago/Getty Images）
该帖子已被删除，特朗普的一位顾问告诉福克斯新闻数字版，“总统在帖子发布前并未看到该内容。”
自特朗普去年竞选并最终退出共和党总统候选人提名以来，斯科特与他一直保持着良好的关系。
他现在担任国家共和党参议院委员会主席，该委员会是参议院共和党人的竞选机构，负责在2026年中期选举周期中保持共和党在参议院的微弱多数优势并扩大优势。
斯科特很少反对特朗普，将自己定位为总统的头号盟友——在特朗普最终选择俄亥俄州前参议员JD·万斯作为副总统候选人之前，他曾是副总统候选人的热门人选之一。
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2026年1月30日，华盛顿特区美国国会大厦，参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默在与华盛顿州民主党参议员帕蒂·默里和夏威夷州民主党参议员布莱恩·沙茨举行的记者会上发言。（Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images）
然而，他最近在司法部对美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的调查问题上与总统产生了分歧。
同时担任参议院银行委员会主席的斯科特在本周早些时候接受福克斯商业频道采访时表示，他不认为鲍威尔在去年向委员会作证时犯了罪。
“我发现他工作无能，但无能或不称职不是犯罪行为，”斯科特表示，“我认为他不胜任其工作，但无能或不称职并不构成刑事犯罪。”
白宫尚未立即回应福克斯新闻数字版的置评请求。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字版负责报道美国参议院的记者。
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., called out President Donald Trump for a post on Truth Social on Friday, demanding that the president take it down.
The post in question, which Trump put on his Truth Social Thursday night, depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as monkeys or apes.
Scott, the only Black member of the Senate GOP, called on Trump to remove the post.
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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., called out President Donald Trump for a post on Truth Social that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys, calling it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“Praying it was fake because it’s the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,” Scott said. “The President should remove it.”
Scott found an unlikely ally in his request in Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who similarly called on Trump to take the post down.
“Racist. Vile. Abhorrent. This is dangerous and degrades our country — where are Senate Republicans? The President must immediately delete the post and apologize to Barack and Michelle Obama, two great Americans who make Donald Trump look like a small, envious man,” Schumer said on X.
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla.(Al Drago/Getty Images)
The post has since been removed, and a Trump advisor told Fox News Digital that “the president did not see the video before it was posted.”
Scott and Trump have shared a warm relationship since he ran and ultimately dropped out of the Republican presidential race last year.
He now chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Senate GOP’s campaign arm tasked with keeping Republicans’ thin majority in the upper chamber and expanding it during the 2026 midterm cycle.
Scott has rarely bucked Trump, positioning himself as a top ally to the president — he was on the short list of possible vice presidential picks before Trump ultimately tapped then Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at a press conference with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii., following the passage of government funding bills, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 30, 2026.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
However, he has recently broken with the president on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Scott, who also chairs the Senate Banking Committee, said during an interview with Fox Business earlier this week that he didn’t believe Powell had committed a crime during his testimony to the committee last year.
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“I found him to be inept at doing his job, but ineptness or being incompetent is not a criminal act,” Scott said.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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