Donald Trump Jr. Likes Tweet From White Supremacist
Today, Buzzfeed’s Rosie Gray noticed that Donald Trump Jr., who has been taking a large role in his father’s campaign, had “liked” a tweet by one of the worst and most active member of the “alt-right” movement on Twitter:
.@DonaldJTrumpJr just liked a tweet by a fairly prominent alt-right twitter account pic.twitter.com/b9Qz83VP6r
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 5, 2016
The user, @Ricky_Vaughn99, his Twitter timeline is absolutely full of hateful racist and anti-Semitic tweets; there’s no way Trump Jr. could possibly have missed it. Yet he chose to follow this user.
Some recent tweets from Ricky_Vaugn99, who’s being followed by the son of the Republican Party’s nominee for president of the US, include:
— Ricky Vaughn (@Ricky_Vaughn99) July 1, 2016
twitter this morning pic.twitter.com/vmLP8aBl9V
— Ricky Vaughn (@Ricky_Vaughn99) July 2, 2016
1957 – Guess (((who))) had control of media and was broadcastig antiwhite messaging pic.twitter.com/AWKUT11ye2
— Ricky Vaughn (@Ricky_Vaughn99) July 3, 2016
(h/t Buzzfeed, Little Green Footballs)
Reality
Journalists have noticed that Donald Trump Jr. follows and retweets many known white supremacists in the alt-right movement on his Twitter account, including users The Occidental Observer, @Bidenshairplugs and @Ricky_Vaughn99.
.@DonaldJTrumpJr just liked a tweet by a fairly prominent alt-right twitter account pic.twitter.com/b9Qz83VP6r
— Rosie Gray (@RosieGray) July 5, 2016