{"id":19510,"date":"2020-06-08T10:22:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T10:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19510"},"modified":"2020-06-08T10:22:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T10:22:39","slug":"george-floyd-trumps-senior-aide-apologises-for-sharing-racially-charged-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=19510","title":{"rendered":"GEORGE FLOYD: Trump\u2019s senior aide apologises for sharing racially-charged video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A senior aide to US President Donald Trump<\/a> has apologised for promoting a racially-charged video on her Twitter feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercedes Schlapp, a senior Trump national spokeswoman, said she \u201cdeeply apologized\u201d for retweeting a video of a chainsaw wielding man in Texas shouting at anti-racist protesters, in which he used a racial slur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI retweeted without watching the full video. I deleted the tweet. I would never knowingly promote the use of that word,\u201d Schlapp said in an email shared on Saturday to Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This came after President Trump faced further criticism after making remarks about George Floyd during his news conference on job gains in the US on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that\u2019s happening for our country. This is a great day for him. It\u2019s a great day for everybody\u201d, Trump said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remarks drew immediate ire from scores of observers and journalists present at the news conference, who questioned how Floyd would enjoy unemployment numbers after being killed by a white cop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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