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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The world is upside down. Be prepared.
Yea, but the real trick is to get Trump to retweet it.
Yes - he corrected the mistake.
But the BLM terrorists and their brainwashed (mostly white) supporters will be persuaded it’s just one more sign that President Trump is a racist.
So, all in all, not a good day for the President.
The hate him anyway.
True
I know. It's nearly unbearable lately... insanity all around.
We took a tour of The Villages years ago with my in-laws who live in FL. Seemed like a lot of good conservatives there at the time. However... we met a lot of transplants from the northeast who had moved to The Villages. So naturally, there most likely are a lot of democRATs there.
Funny thing is FR always bragging about how tough our side is and how we’re ready for CW2. Yet you see all these people pissing themselves over something like this ...a tweet!
lol
Our side can’t take any push back from the media.
Good grief ... these politicians act like they live in a bubble ... what the .ell do they think is going on out here beyond their gated communities, and taxpayer funded security teams... Scott seems ignore the reality outside of his own pampered world. AND no I am not nor do I advocate ‘white’ anything ... It does not matter to me the skin color if the wearer abides by the Ten Commandments ... I can get along.
Two questions I intend to ask when I return to the Maker: Did I have a choice in coming into this world, female? And did I have a choice about my skin color... It seems to me there are far too many poking a finger in God’s eye over what they consider disadvantages over color of skin or gender>.
Amen, brother! People are worried about a tweet!
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