White House defends Trump's Muslim tweets
The White House on Wednesday defended President Trump's widely condemned retweets of videos purporting to show violence committed by Muslims.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that whether the inflammatory videos are real or not, "the threat is real."
"I'm not talking about the nature of the video," she told reporters at the White House. "I think you're focusing on the wrong thing. The threat is real and that is what the president is talking about."
Sanders said the videos underscore the need for Trump's push to bolster national security and secure the nation's borders.
Trump retweeted videos posted by Jayda Fransen, a leader of the far-right organization Britain First. The group is a considered a fringe entity in the U.K. and Fransen has been convicted of a hate crime.
The tweets set off a massive backlash against the president on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Creepy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that whether the inflammatory videos are real or not, "the threat is real."
