You Will Anyway: It's not a dog whistle if it's clearly audible

Sunday, June 28, 2020

It's not a dog whistle if it's clearly audible

Trump's tweet was taken down before I knew about it and could capture it.

In the since deleted tweet, Trump applauded the Florida demonstrators shown in the more than two minute video, posting “thank you to the great people of The Villages.” The apparently pro-Trump demonstrator yelled “white power” within the first nine seconds of the video.

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The video Trump retweeted shows confrontations between anti-Trump protesters lining a street and pro-Trump demonstrators driving by in golf carts.

The clip begins with the Trump supporter driving in a cart with “Trump 2020” and “America First” signs. Amid yelling, one protester yells “Raise your white voice.” Soon after, the man in the golf car shouts, “white power,” to which a demonstrator off-camera responds, “There you go, white power.”

The video, which has 3.8 million views on Twitter, also shows an anti-Trump protester shouting “F**k Trump” at the passing golf carts and calling on one of his supporters a “f***ing Nazi racist pig.”

The pro-Trump demonstrator who yelled “white power” is also shown outside of his golf cart before a protester shouts, “Get back in your cart asshole.” After an anti-Trump protester is moved from in front of his cart, the demonstrator drives past, and his passenger gives the protesters the middle finger.

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White House spokesperson Judd Deere said in a statement that the president "did not hear the one statement made on the video."

"What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters," he said.

The Hill

None of that is appropriate for the president of the United States to post on his Twitter account.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

UPDATE:

So...he DID hear it. We knew it.

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