Video retweeted by Trump shows supporter yelling "white power"

Authored by axios.com and submitted by Awesome_as_FAIZ

President Trump tweeted, "Thank you to the great people of The Villages" on Sunday morning in response to a video of protesters verbally clashing with Trump supporters — including one man who yelled "white power" while passing in a golf cart.

The latest: Trump appeared to have deleted the tweet around 11am ET Sunday, about three hours after posting it. White House spokesperson Judd Deere said in a statement: “President Trump is a big fan of The Villages. He did not hear the one statement made on the video. What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters.”

Why it matters: Trump has already been accused of inflaming racial tensions in the U.S. at a time of nationwide backlash over the killing of George Floyd. The White House did not respond when asked whether Trump condemned the supporter’s comment.

Details: The first clip in the montage shows protesters chanting "racist" at a white couple driving by in a golf cart bearing "Trump 2020" and "America First" signs. The man driving the cart gives a thumbs up and yells back, "White power!"

Other clips in the video show protesters yelling "Nazi" and other accusations at the Trump supporters driving by.

Trump quote-tweeted the video and wrote: "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!!!"

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Trump has deleted the retweet and the White House has provided comment.

Lionel_Hutz_Law on June 28th, 2020 at 13:34 UTC »

POTUS tweeting out "white power!" is an obvious distraction from the Russia bounty story.

But POTUS tweeting out "white power!" deserves our full attention & criticism.

He's trying to overload our outrage between selling our troops out to Russia & his racism.

Going to get worse before it gets any better.

Ouijadasi on June 28th, 2020 at 12:57 UTC »

An old, white, overweight man yelling "white power" from a golf cart. This is a living caricature.

pixel_late on June 28th, 2020 at 12:43 UTC »

Wow. I thought maybe it was subtle or in the background (as if that would excuse it lol), but no, the video straight up shows them saying it multiple times. You can't miss it.

Trump just posted an explicitly white power tweet.