The White House clarified and claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump did not hear the phrase "White Power" from a video Trump retweeted from his supporters in Florida. 

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A retirement community in Florida called The Villages organized a parade to support the re-election bid of Trump. They called their group as Villagers for Trump, a community organized coalition. Meanwhile, as the Villagers for Trump hold their parade, another group countered the supporters of Trump.

The president immediately posted the video of the parade through his Tweeter account and gave thanks to the great people of The Villages. However, his tweet lasted only for roughly three hours and it was deleted later on because Trump was not aware of a person in the video chanting "White Power!"

Why was the Tweet Deleted?

According to a published report in CNN News, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said that he had not seen the video, but Trump and his administration would not do anything that supports discrimination of any kind. 

This could be the possible reason why the tweet was immediately deleted after roughly three hours because the video showed white supremacy support. In can be remembered that Trump's administration has established different coalitions to support his Presidential bid. 

Some of these coalitions are Latinos for Trump, Blacks for Trump, Women for Trump, and more. In fact, Trump and his administration tried to do everything to pacify the country amid the systemic racism by signing an executive order that focuses on police reforms following the deaths of African-Americans like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin, and others. 

Not Aware of the "White Power!" Chant

Former national security adviser John Bolton also said that Trump might retweet the video from his supporters in Florida because he saw the sign "Trump 2020" but was not able to hear the man saying "White Power!"

Additionally, White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere said in a statement that Trump is a big fan of The Villages and that he did not hear the phrase "White Power!" He also reiterated that what the president saw was the immense support and enthusiasm of The Villages for his re-election bid. 

The founder of the Villagers for Trump also clarified on Sunday that the man who shouted "White Power!" is not a member of the group and he has no idea who the man is. Gee also added that the organization will not condone somebody within the group to talk about white supremacy.

John Calandro, who coordinates media for the group, supported Gee's statement and asserted that no one among the group knows who that person is and added that it is not an indicator of the people who live in The Villages. 

Why Florida is Important to Donald Trump?

Florida will play a very important part of Trump's re-election bid this 2020 Presidential Election because this is where the Republican Party will hold their convention to nominate Trump and Pence, for president and vice president subsequently. 

Hispanics and Latinos in the state are comprised of nearly five million making Florida the third state in the country with the largest number of Latino population, according to obtained data from Pew Research Centre.

Latino community is the largest minority group in the country with over 32 million eligible voters. If Trump would be successful in getting the attention of nearly five million Latinos in the state, then it would be an indication that the "Latinos for Trump" coalition is working and effective. 

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