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Sun Jun 28, 2020, 11:07 AM Jun 2020

Trump promotes video showing apparent supporter shouting 'white power' [View all]

Source: nbc




Trump said the supporters shown in the video were "great people."

June 28, 2020, 9:42 AM CDT By Allan Smith

President Donald Trump promoted a video on Twitter Sunday morning showing a man in a golf cart with Trump campaign gear shouting "white power."

The video, which Trump said was from the Florida retirement community known as The Villages, featured a parade of golf carts, some with pro-Trump signs, driving past anti-Trump protesters who were shouting curses at them. The man who is heard shouting "white power" was responding to protesters shouting "racist."

"Thank you to the great people of The Villages," Trump wrote. "The Radical Left Do Nothing Democrats will Fall in the Fall. Corrupt Joe is shot. See you soon!!!"

Thank you to the great people of The Villages. The Radical Left Do Nothing Democrats will Fall in the Fall. Corrupt Joe is shot. See you soon!!! https://t.co/4Gg1iGOhyG
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2020

Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said of Trump's promotion "there's no question he should not have retweeted it."...............................

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-promotes-video-appearing-show-supporter-shouting-white-power-n1232356






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