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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Trump campaign deletes ‘unified reich’ video amid White House ire
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Donald Trump’s social media account removes a video showing fake headlines about a “unified reich” if he wins the 2024 presidential election, as the White House strongly condemns the post.
Trump’s campaign blamed an inattentive staffer for reposting the 30-second clip, which flashed a series of fictitious news stories painting a picture of American prosperity, with one including the term normally associated with Nazi Germany.
US Vice President Kamala Harris lashes out at the video, saying it was “appalling.”
“This kind of rhetoric is unsurprising coming from the former president, and it is appalling. And we’ve got to tell him who we are,” Harris says in a speech to union members in Philadelphia.
“Once again it shows that our freedom and our very democracy are at stake.”
The White House says it was “abhorrent, sickening and disgraceful for anyone to promote content associated with Germany’s Nazi government under Adolf Hitler.”
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says President Joe Biden was expected to comment on the video later today during a campaign trip to Boston.
The video was posted Monday afternoon and was removed around 19 hours later.
“What happens after Donald Trump wins? What’s next for America?” a voiceover asks in the clip as the hypothetical headlines are shown.
Amid headlines including “Economy booms!” and “Border is closed,” one mentions “the creation of a unified reich.”
The Times of Israel Community.