Trump retweets video of apparent supporter shouting ‘white power,’ then deletes it
The video that President Trump retweeted and deleted was reportedly held in The Villages retirement community in Florida. Trump is here at The Villages in October and signs a regulation to protect and improve Medicare.
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President Donald Trump retweeted a video of an apparent supporter calling “white power” on Sunday, and then deleted it about three hours later, with sharp criticism of his racial insensitivity.
The edited video, which appears to have been filmed in an age community in Florida called The Villages, shows demonstrators insulting people wearing Trump shirts driving past golf cars adorned with Trump signs.
At the beginning of the two-minute video, a man shouts to Trump supporters: “Where’s your white hood?” In response, a white “White Power” shouts back, a white slogan of the Supremacists, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
Trump tweeted the video again around 8:00 am Eastern, along with the comment: “Thank you to the great people of The Villages. The radical left does nothing Democrats will fall in the fall. Corrupt Joe [Biden] is shot. See you soon!!!”
Trump deleted the retweet at around 11 a.m. Eastern. He rarely deletes tweets, especially how often they are published.
In response to the incident, Deputy White House press secretary Judd made a brief statement saying that the president had not heard the statement of “white power” before tweeting it again.
“President Trump is a huge fan of The Villages. He didn’t hear the one statement in the video. What he saw was the tremendous enthusiasm of his many supporters,” the statement said.
But the retweet has already been criticized many times.
Tim Carolina, South Carolina, the only Black Republican senator, called the retweet “unacceptable” Sunday on CNN.
“There is no question that he shouldn’t have retweeted it and he should just get rid of it,” Scott said of the State of the Union program.
Biden, the alleged democratic presidential candidate, later offered his own tweet on the subject.
“Today the president shared a video of people shouting ‘white power’ saying they were ‘great’. Just like to Charlottesville. We’re fighting for the soul of the nation – and the president has chosen a side. But don’t make a mistake: it’s a fight we’ll win. “
The video, loaded with profanity, has now been viewed 6.7 million times. A Twitter spokesman said it did not violate the rules of the hate speech platform.
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