“Thank you to the great people of The Villages,” the president tweeted.
President Donald Trump on Sunday morning retweeted a video of senior citizens in Florida participating in a golf-cart parade where one supporter yelled “white power” twice while pumping his fist in the air.
The scene that erupted in The Villages, a retirement community in Florida, took place amid continuing unrest across the country over police brutality and racism.
“Thank you to the great people of The Villages,” Trump tweeted. “The Radical Left Do Nothing Democrats will Fall in the Fall. Corrupt Joe is shot. See you soon!!!“
The president deleted the tweet a few hours later.
The pro-Trump parader twice exclaimed “white power” while holding his fist up; he was sitting next to another supporter chanting “Trump.” Another person, who appeared to be an anti-Trump protester, pointed toward him and responded: “There you go, white power.”
The golf-cart motorcade was met by anti-Trump seniors standing alongside the same road, who held counter-protester signs that read “Trump bigot and racist” and “Donald Trump white trash” and shouted profanities toward the supporters. One among the senior crowd called a supporter a “Nazi racist pig.”
Trump has frequently raised eyebrows over his posts and has previously retweeted white supremacists.
His post on Sunday drew attention from top public officials including Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who called the video “indefensible.”
“There’s no question, he should not have retweeted it. He should just take it down,” Scott said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
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President Donald Trump retweeted a video of senior citizens in Florida participating in a golf-cart parade where one supporter yelled “white power” twice https://t.co/yozJSirtBz
— POLITICO (@politico) June 28, 2020
I thought we were at least a few more weeks away from the President tweeting “White Power,” but I guess that’s what happens when you get caught letting Putin kill our soldiers.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020
The focus is on the “white power” video but here the president uses language about his rival that could get some folks a visit from the USSS if they said it about Trump. “Corrupt Joe is shot.” https://t.co/L3NxHaCfqk
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 28, 2020
New: As Trump boosts video of an older fan screaming a racist slogan, our poll shows voters 65+ shifting to Biden
“I’m a Christian, and I do not believe in the hateful, racist, bigoted speech that the president uses,” says Clifford Wagner, 80, USAF vethttps://t.co/EbM5SK7Ydn
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) June 28, 2020
And a cleanup statement from White House spokesman Judd Deere:
“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.” https://t.co/M3TkCI7Nme
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) June 28, 2020
Find out why Trump is tweeting “White Power” in just 59 seconds. pic.twitter.com/oEbnc2cWbT
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 28, 2020
And just like that the white power tweet is gone. pic.twitter.com/2bWLn3O53Q
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 28, 2020
Sen. Tim Scott on retweeted Trump video: "It's indefensible." pic.twitter.com/tPtZfbCUUV
— The Hill (@thehill) June 28, 2020
Today the President shared a video of people shouting “white power” and said they were “great.” Just like he did after Charlottesville.
We’re in a battle for the soul of the nation — and the President has picked a side. But make no mistake: it’s a battle we will win.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 28, 2020
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