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A Republican strategist dismissed Republican efforts to politicize Sunday’s Super Bowl as a waste of money, ripping a $3 million ad as "a gimmick."

The moment unfolded on Friday on CNN’s “The Lead” when host Jake Tapper highlighted a $3 million Super Bowl ad buy from Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson. The ad urges viewers to skip the halftime show because it features international superstar Bad Bunny as the performer.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) shredded President Donald Trump on MS NOW Friday evening, in response to his racist social media post of a conspiracy theory video that depicted former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as monkeys while jungle music from "The Lion King" played in the background.

"We were talking a little bit earlier in the hour about how all of this happened six days into Black History Month and the complete lack, disregard for how this month resonates with Black and brown people in this country," said anchor Michael Steele, a former Republican National Committee chair. "What's your reaction to both what you heard from the president and from [Minority Leader Hakeem] Jeffries? Just because they both framed, I think, this moment very well, to be honest."

Trump earned quick scorn on Friday night as he refused to apologize for sharing a racist video on his Truth Social account depicting former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama with their faces superimposed on ape bodies in a jungle setting.

The minute-long video promoted debunked 2020 election conspiracy theories about voting machines and ended with an offensive segment set to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Trump did not add commentary to the post, which drew immediate backlash, including from Republicans such as Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who called it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House."

President Donald Trump's decision to share a racist conspiracy theory video showing former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle's faces set to jungle music from "The Lion King" was a total self-immolation for the Republican Party, GOP strategist Doug Heye raged on a panel with CNN's Kasie Hunt on Friday.

The president went on to take down this video, but a number of Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE), have condemned the video as offensive and demanded the president apologize for having posted it in the first place.

Vice President JD Vance was reportedly booed at the Milan Cortina Winter Games as U.S. Olympians denounced President Donald Trump's administration.

A video shared on social media showed the audience booing Vance as the camera panned by him during the Opening Ceremony on Friday.

Right-wing influencer Ben Shapiro insisted that President Donald Trump did not have the "attention span" to realize that a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes had been posted on his Truth Social account.

Media Matters first reported that Shapiro had addressed Trump's racist meme on his Friday show.

Alan Dershowitz, former attorney for both President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, erupted Friday on Newsmax over what he said was a Justice Department document listing him as a “prominent” figure accused by Epstein’s victims.

“I want you to look at this paper that has been reproduced and sent by the Justice Department – it's called prominent names, and it's a list of prominent people who have been accused. Every single name of every accuser has been blacked out!” Dershowitz said, holding up the document.

Texas appears to be in play for Democrats, as it seems to be every few years before Republicans hold on to win another election, but CNN's Harry Enten said they may have real reason for optimism this time.

The GOP-controlled state legislature redrew the Texas congressional maps with an eye on improving their chances of picking up new House seats, but Enten told "CNN News Central" those efforts may have backfired.

CNN's Harry Enten found that voters agree that Donald Trump's second presidency has been a "failure" on one of the key issues that got him back into office.

The 79-year-old president was re-elected in 2024 in part due to his promise to bring down consumer prices, but the chief data analyst told "CNN News Central" that a strong majority Americans believe the economy is getting worse and don't believe that Trump is focused on improving conditions for them.

A man who voted for Donald Trump in his three presidential elections denounced the commander-in-chief after he posted a racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes.

During Friday's edition of C-SPAN's Washington Journal program, a man named John called in from New Mexico to express his disgust with Trump.