Fake Video of Trump Murdering Media Outlets and Political Opponents Shown at His Miami Resort
A video of President Donald Trump attacking and murdering media outlets and his political opponents was shown at Trump National Doral Miami resort, as first reported by the New York Times. The video is a scene from the movie Kingsman: The Secret Service and was altered to show the President committing a massacre in a church full of ‘fake news’.
In the video, Trump violently attacks and kills several news outlets, including CNBC, the Huffington Post and CNN. He is also depicted attack Democrats like Rep. Maxine Waters and critics like Kathy Griffin. Trump is shown attacking Republican Senator Mitt Romney, setting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on fire and assaulting former President Barack Obama.
The video was shown at a conference held by American Priority, a pro-Trump group. It was reportedly created by someone on a website created far-right personality Carpe Donktum. There is no evidence that Carpe Donktum personally created the video, however.
Condemnation of the video was swift. CNN denounced the ‘vile and horrific’ content of the video and pointed out that Trump’s supporters have advocated violence against the media before. They called on the President to denounce the video. The White House Correspondents’ Association likewise condemned it.
CNN statement on video shown at @realDonaldTrump supporter conference at Trump's Miami resort last week: pic.twitter.com/BVKI5N5a17
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) October 14, 2019
Comedian Kathy Griffin responded to her depiction in the video and called out those who ‘left me hanging out to dry’ following her infamous appearance with a fake Trump head.
Im depicted as being murdered by The President of the United States in this video.The left, right & center left me hanging out to dry regarding the Trump mask photo. Please don’t let it happen again. No, this video isn’t a joke to his followers. And it will not be taken as such. https://t.co/uxikv4fAT0
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 14, 2019
The White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham sent a tweet on Monday morning saying the President hadn’t seen the video but saying he condemned it.
Re: the video played over the weekend: The @POTUS @realDonaldTrump has not yet seen the video, he will see it shortly, but based upon everything he has heard, he strongly condemns this video.
— Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) October 14, 2019
You can view the video above, via Twitter. It contains content that some may find distressing.
