President Trump set off a “five alarm fire” in the White House on Sunday morning after he retweeted a video of one of his supporters saying “white power,” according to two White House officials.
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., added to the urgency when he called the tweet"indefensible" and demanded that the president take it down during an interview on CNN, the officials said.White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and senior adviser Jared Kushner were among those trying to contain the fallout. McEnany said Monday that Trump had watched the video before retweeting it but didn't hear his supporter say"white power.
Officials said the president gets a deluge of content from aides and allies, with one of them saying the"white power" incident was a"lesson to all of us in the White House to be more aware of what's out there."When asked at the time whether he had noticed the hashtag when he retweeted it, the president said,"Yeah, I notice everything."
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