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Trump Retweets, Then Deletes, Video With 'White Power' Chant
President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,� a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard “the one statement� on the video. The video appeared to have been taken at The Villages, a Florida retirement community, and showed dueling demonstrations between Trump supporters and opponents. (Miller, 6/28)
President Trump promoted a video Sunday that includes a Trump supporter saying “white power� while facing off with counterprotesters, calling his supporters at the Florida retirement community where the demonstration occurred “great people.� The tweet of the video has since been removed. (Gearan, 6/28)
In the video the president retweeted on Sunday, 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.� (Seddiq, 6/28)
Mr. Trump posted the tweet Sunday before a visit to his Sterling, Va., golf club. Mr. Trump thanked the “great people� shown in the video, which was uploaded Saturday from The Villages, a retirement community in Florida, where supporters and opponents of the president held dueling demonstrations. One supporter in the video can be heard saying “white power� several times to the counterprotesters. (Timiraos, 6/28)