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6:24Now PlayingDonald Trump's administration faces massive backlash after the official White House social media accounts posts a chilling video of migrants being chained and marched onto a plane for deportation with a sickening caption of the video being ASMR. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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'Disgusting and depraved'White House flooded with backlash over new 'disturbing' video
"On Tuesday, the White House social media accounts published a video of people in leg restraints and handcuffs being loaded onto a plane as part of a deportation operation.
On the social media accounts, the White House joked it was an ASMR video, an acronym for autonomous sensory meridian response. Such videos have gained popularity in recent years among people who enjoy certain sounds. The video showcases the clanking of the restraints on the migrants.
Critics took to social media to decry the video as "unfunny" — and even drew comparisons to Nazi Germany.
"If Hitler had a social media account," said The Lincoln Project, the Republican anti-Trump group."
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