As the nation continues to grapple with unrest, Trump on Monday morning retweeted video of a white couple, armed with guns pointed at Black Lives Matter protesters in St. Louis as they marched toward the mayor's home to demand her resignation Sunday night
Despite the uproar over the video of the man at The Villages retirement community in Florida shouting"white power" back at a counter protester, and Trump calling them"great people," White House press secretary Kaleigh McEnany opened Monday's press briefing echoing the president's"law and order" message, providing an update on arrests made amid ongoing nationwide protests against racism, including attacks on statues.
MORE: 'No Blame?' ABC News finds 54 cases invoking 'Trump' in connection with violence, threats, alleged assaults. In an interview with Fox News earlier Monday, McEnany also did not take the opportunity to condemn use of the phrase or the sentiment behind it. Instead, she repeated her deputy's statement from the day before.
Her deputy, Judd Deere, on Sunday pointed to the"tremendous enthusiasm" of the supporters in the video -- also without noting any issue with the chant. Other than Scott, who was asked about it in a CNN interview, there has been virtual silence from other Republicans.During the 2016 campaign, it took him months to disavow David Duke, leader of the Ku Klux Klan -- at one point professing he had no idea who he was.
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