White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt rebuked comments from MSNBC‘s Yamiche Alcindor regarding claims of an “unsubstantiated” video that was shown Wednesday in the White House to South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa.
During an Oval Office meeting, President Donald Trump presented a video to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa alleging violence and “genocide” against white farmers.
Yamiche asked Leavitt Thursday, “The president played a video that he said showed more than 1,000 burial sites of white South Africans that he said was murdered. We know that’s not true. Why did he show it?”
Leavitt replied in part, during a testy exchange, “The video showed images of crosses in South Africa about white farmers who have been killed and politically persecuted because of the color of their skin … that’s a ridiculous line of questioning.”
This is developing news and will be updated as more information is available.
Reporter: The president showed a video that he said showed more than 1,000 burial sites of white South Africans that he said were murdered. We know that was not true..Leavitt: No, it is true that that video showed the crosses that represent –Reporter: Burial sites is what… pic.twitter.com/8cyoOhDsS9
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