Posted on 06/28/2020 9:29:37 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump removed Sunday his retweet of a protest video that showed a supporter yelling “white power,” a comment that the White House said he never heard.
“President Trump is a big fan of The Villages. He did not hear the one statement made on the video,” said White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere. “What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters.”
The two-minute video taken at The Villages, a retirement community in Florida, showed anti-Trump protesters yelling at Trump supporters as they rolled by in golf carts decorated with pro-Trump signs and American flags.
After one man yelled “racist, racist,” a Trump supported shouted back “white power!”
Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, said earlier Sunday that the president should remove the video, adding that he did not want to “play politics” with what he described as the “indefensible” video.
“Certainly the comment about the white power was offensive. There’s no question,” said Mr. Scott on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I mean, we can play politics with it or we can’t. I’m not going to. I think it’s indefensible. We should take it down. That’s what I think.”
The raucous clash showed anti-Trump protesters yelling “Nazi,” “f– Trump,” “f–ing Nazi pigs,” and other profanities at the Trump supporters. One protester carried a “White Trash” sign.
“Well, listen: If you watched the entire video, you can’t play it because it was so profanity-laced,” said Mr. Scott. “The entire thing was offensive.”
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...... Sure ..... It could very well have been a setup .... But unfortunately .... If you are a President trying to recover what is left of your black supporters .... Believe it or not .... I really don't think the best thing to do is to send out a tweet of a video of a guy yelling "White Power." ....... This went all around the world ... and there is no taking this one back .... Heck ... Even if the guy was just joking ..... Sleepy Basement Joe will be all over this one .... And will make some very good Political Ads for the Left.
Saul Alinsky himself invented that trick, only he had someone in a full Ku Klux Klan get-up shouting affirmations during any Conservative gathering. It was so effective that to this day, many people think of them as conservatives.
I think it's backfiring because people think Trump is out, then all this craziness will stop. As Bill Cosby once said, "Parents aren't interested in Justice, they just want quiet!" Say what you will about Bill, but he's right about that!
> I really don’t think the best thing to do is to send out a tweet of a video of a guy yelling “White Power.”
Right. And I can image even worse things that could have been shouted. Evidently Trump is not running his tweets past anyone before sending them out. That’s his right, of course. But it’s reckless, and just asking for trouble.
It was a leftist plant.. Bet on it.
“It was a leftist plant.. Bet on it.”
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Why would Trump promote leftists?
They’ll continue with their nasty antics.
..... And unfortunately Twitter could very well see this as Hate Speech ..... And could now move to deactivate the el Presidente's account ..... And in the mean time the Democrats are just salivating at what they can do with this tweet .... Remember ..... There is no mercy out there waiting for Pres. Trump .... We are at a Civil War footing .... His re-election bid just got a lot tougher .... And this time he has nobody to blame but himself ....
No one would blink
Meanwhile....
“Beyoncé Visual Album ‘Black Is King’ Coming to Disney Plus”
https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/beyonce-black-is-king-disney-plus-release-date-1234692505/
I want to buy a electric company and rename it White Power.
Twitter will never ban Trump. The publicity fallout would be disastrous. But I can easily see them editing or deleting individual Tweets as an alternative.
>>After one man yelled “racist, racist,” a Trump supported shouted back “white power!”
Positively identified as a Trump supporter?
And, calling people Nazi and racist and f*ing pigs is just a-okay.
They hyprocrisy is stunning.
In that provocative situation the term “White Power” meant little more than
A defense of the position Whites had rights too.
Look at the comments from the other side, and “White Power” ceases to be
Problematic at all.
Just nonsense...
Someone could spend the next years teaming Black Power and it would never be an issue.
Time to topple the statue to double standards.
...screaming Black Power...
If Trump is retweeting videos that include chants like “f– Trump,” then clearly he is endorsing that sentiment.
Who knew?
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