The Trump administration’s posting — and subsequent deletion — of two controversial social media messages in latest days prompted an uncomfortable query for White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt throughout Tuesday’s briefing.
A reporter requested Leavitt a few racist video shared by President Donald Trump and a separate publish by Vice President JD Vance. Each had been later taken down.
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Vance’s deleted publish, made throughout a visit to Armenia, appeared to acknowledge the Armenian genocide. However that place is at odds with the Trump administration’s official line.
Each posts had been initially blamed on staffers. Trump later mentioned he had authorised the publish concerning the Obamas earlier than it was printed, although he claimed he had not seen the extremely offensive second.
“Does the White Home have a social media downside for the time being?” the journalist requested Leavitt, including: “Do you could have an autoposting downside that’s main to those errors?”
“No,” Leavitt replied.
The press secretary didn’t deal with Trump’s publish concerning the Obamas.
“As for the Armenian tweet that you simply’re referring to,” she mentioned. “I might simply refer you again to the White Home’s message that was issued on Armenian Remembrance Day. And there’s been no change of coverage right now.”
