Chainsaw-wielding racist gets boosted by a top Trump aide as race protests sweep the nation

[Marcuse]

[link:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/06/racist-boosted-by-trump-aide-mercedes-schlapp-race-protests-sweep-nation-304633|

President Donald Trump and his allies for years have amplified racist messages on Twitter while simultaneously reaching out to black and Hispanic voters, a dissonant balancing act that’s now rocking the GOP amid nationwide racial-justice protests.

The two competing forces collided Saturday on the Twitter feed of Trump campaign senior adviser Mercedes Schlapp, when she boosted a tweet that lauded a man in Texas in a viral video as he yelled the n-word and wielded a chainsaw to chase away anti-racism demonstrators.

After POLITICO reached out to her and the campaign Saturday morning, Schlapp then retweeted another account that posted a version of the video that muted the racist slur. After this story published, she removed both her retweets and issued a written apology Saturday evening.

“I deeply apologize and I retweeted without watching the full video. I deleted the tweet,” Schlapp wrote. “I would never knowingly promote the use of that word. This is time for healing the nation and not division.”

[Docreed2003]

1. "This is a time for healing.."

So I chose to retweet a video of a racist with a chainsaw screaming the "n word".

Is she saying that if he hadn't screamed that word she'd be cool with the video??? WTF is wrong with these people

[Demovictory9]

2. schlapp is a liar

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Mercedes, you ignorant twit. I'd like to SCHLAPP the SCHITT outta your stupid mouth.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. She wouldn't promote the use of that word, but she's OK with the chain saw?

What a sick woman.

[2naSalit]

6. Apparently. ...nt

[dawg day]

5. "However, I'm still all for using a chainsaw against protesters!'

She and her spousal unit are seriously unpleasant people.