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Are Photos Of 'Beautiful' Africa The Best Response To Trump's Vulgar Slur?

The online backlash to the president's alleged insult was a wave of photos highlighting the positive side of places he mentioned. Now there's a backlash to the backlash.
Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Photos of beautiful scenes from Africa and Haiti have been flooding the internet in response to President Trump's reported slur.

By now, you've likely heard about President Trump's reported remark last week that the U.S. should bring in more people from Norway instead of "shithole countries" like El Salvador, Haiti and African nations.

The reaction was swift and loud. Citizens (and allies) of those countries filled social media pages with photos of idyllic beaches, city

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