'Are you for real?' GOP senator under fire for response to Trump taking down racist post

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) found himself on the receiving end of even more derision on Friday night over his comments on a racist video shared by President Donald Trump.

The 79-year-old president shared a video created by the conservative Patriot News Outlet that had an image of Barack and Michelle Obama's smiling faces superimposed on the bodies of apes in a jungle, with a clip of the 1961 song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The post shocked the consciences of even some Republican allies.

The post was eventually taken down.