The President retweeted the video that showed the community's Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters arguing with one another. The President thanked the "great people" shown in the video. "President Trump is a big fan of the Villages. What he did see was tremendous enthusiasm from his many supporters," White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said in a statement. Before the tweet was deleted, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black senator in the Republican conference, said on Sunday that the video retweeted by the President was offensive and "indefensible."

Source: CNN June 28, 2020 13:04 UTC