A White House official later gave a more serious explanation stating, ‘A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down.’
Trump’s post was later deleted.
But the condemnation, including from Republicans, was already on the record.
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina called it ‘the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House,’ adding that the president should remove it.
Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi wrote: ‘This is totally unacceptable. The president should take it down and apologize.’
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