President Trump promoted a video on Sunday showing protesters in conflict, one of which sings, “White Power.”
“Thanks to the great people at The Villages,” Trump wrote on Twitter as he shared the video. “The radical left does nothing Democrats will fall in the fall. Corrupt Joe is shot. See you soon!!!”
Trump deleted his post later in the morning.
The White House said in a statement that Tump “did not hear the only statement made in the video. What it did see was tremendous enthusiasm from its many supporters.”
The person who posted the video said they were scenes of older people protesting each other in the Villages, Florida retirement community.
At the beginning of the video, a man in a golf cart with pro-Trump signs yells, “White power! White power!”
“F *** Trump! F *** Trump!” an anti-Trump protester soon shouts elsewhere in the clip.
“Nasty language,” responds a woman.
“Nazi racist pig!” the anti-Trump protester yells at another pro-Trump golf cart.
Trump’s Sunday tweet comes as the president has been accused of escalating racial tensions after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd on video and Black Lives Matter protests have ripped through the nation. Last week, Trump tweeted two videos of black men attacking white victims, asking: “Where are the protesters?”
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said he had not seen the video, but instead widely denounced white supremacy.
“Obviously, neither the president, his administration, nor I would do anything to support white supremacy or anything that supports discrimination of any kind,” Azar said when asked about Trump’s tweet.
Later, in “State of the Union,” Senator Tim Scott, RS.C., who is black, called Trump’s Twitter post “indefensible.”
“You shouldn’t have retweeted it,” Scott said, “and you should just delete it.”
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United States President Donald Trump addresses Air Force One prior to departure from Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on June 25, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump clenches his fist as he walks down South Lawn after arriving at Marine One at the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Washington. Trump returns from Wisconsin. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)
TOPSHOT – United States President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One before leaving Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on June 25, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump walks South Lawn after arriving at Marine One at the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Washington. Trump returns from Wisconsin. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: President Donald J. Trump signs an executive order on Safe Policies for Safe Communities in the Rose Garden at the White House on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
United States President Donald Trump gestures after a tour of Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin, June 25, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
MARINETTE, WISCONSIN – JUNE 25: United States President Donald Trump speaks to workers during a visit to Fincantieri’s Marina Marine shipyard on June 25, 2020 in Marinette, Wisconsin. The company recently received a $ 5.5 billion contract to build ships for the U.S. Navy. (Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images)
TULSA, USA – JUNE 20: United States President Donald Trump meets supporters at his “Make America Great Again” rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, on June 20, 2020. (Photo by Kyle Mazza / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
TULSA, OK – JUNE 20: President Donald J. Trump speaks during a “Make America Great Again!” rally at the BOK Center on Saturday June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, OK. (Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: United States President Donald Trump arrives for an event in the Rose Garden on “Safe Watch for Safe Communities” at the White House on June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed an executive order on police reform amid growing calls after George Floyd’s death. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: United States President Donald Trump speaks as members of the police watch during an event in the Rose Garden on “Safe Watch for Safe Communities” at the White House on 16 June 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed an executive order on police reform amid growing calls after George Floyd’s death. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
United States President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order on Safe Policies for Safe Communities in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, June 16, 2020. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP) ( Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: United States President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden on “Safe Watch for Safe Communities” at the White House on June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump will sign an executive order on police reform amid growing calls after George Floyd’s death. (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 15: United States President Donald Trump speaks during a panel discussion on “Fighting for America’s Elderly” in the Cabinet Room of the White House on June 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump participated in the round table to discuss the administration’s efforts to “safeguard America’s senior citizens” from COVID-19. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 15: United States President Donald Trump listens during a panel discussion on “Fighting for America’s Elderly” in the Cabinet Room of the White House on June 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump participated in the round table to discuss the administration’s efforts to “safeguard America’s senior citizens” from COVID-19. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool / Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 15: United States President Donald Trump listens during a panel discussion on “Fighting for America’s Elderly” in the Cabinet Room of the White House on June 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump participated in the round table to discuss the administration’s efforts to “safeguard America’s senior citizens” from COVID-19. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool / Getty Images)
United States President Donald Trump speaks during a panel discussion on seniors in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC on June 15, 2020. – President Donald Trump maintains a roundtable discussion with older people called Fighting for Americas Seniors on Monday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
United States President Donald Trump speaks during a panel discussion on seniors in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC on June 15, 2020. – President Donald Trump maintains a roundtable discussion with older people called Fighting for Americas Seniors on Monday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
United States President Donald Trump listens during a round table meeting on older people in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC on June 15, 2020. – President Donald Trump holds a round table with senior citizens called Fighting for Americas Seniors on Monday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks during a police reform event in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks during a panel discussion on America’s older adults, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump listens during a round table on America’s older adults, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump walks in the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, June 14, 2020, after leaving Marine One when he returns from his golf club in New Jersey. (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky)
