McCain’s wife, Cindy McCain, seconded the WHCA’s tweet, adding that the images, “violate every norm our society expects from its leaders& the institutions that bare their names.” As noted by the Times, the clip is similar to one that Trump himself tweeted out in July 2017 in which a professional wrestler with his face imposed over theirs is shown body slamming and beating up the CNN logo. Now we call on him and everybody associated with this conference to denounce this video and affirm that violence has no place in our society.”Īn organizer of the Doral event told the Times that the clip was played at the conference as part of a “meme exhibit,” claiming his organziation denounced the video and was investigating how it was screened at the gathering. We have previously told the President his rhetoric could incite violence.
Re: the video played over the weekend: The has not yet seen the video, he will see it shortly, but based upon everything he has heard, he strongly condemns this video.Īt press time, Trump had posted more than a dozen tweets on Monday morning, none of which addressed the video the president of the White House Correspondents’ Assocation said all Americans should “condemn… this depiction of violence directed towards journalists and the President’s political opponents. 14) that the video - which features the logo for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign - was played at the gathering and that Trump “has not yet seen the video, he will see it shortly, but based upon everything he has heard, he strongly condemns this video.” ( Billboard is not re-posting the video due to its graphic nature.) The president’s spokesperson confirmed on Monday (Oct.
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