President Trump
Donald John TrumpHouse Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE retweeted a far-right figure on Saturday night.
Trump retweeted Jack Posobiec, who is well-known for promoting debunked “alt-right” conspiracy theories.
Richard (Dick) Joseph DurbinDemocrats turn on Al Franken Minnesota's largest newspaper calls on Franken to resign Democratic senator predicts Franken will resign Thursday MORE called Trump racist for wanting to end chain migration. Here's a video of Dick Durbin calling for an end to chain migration,” the tweet read.
Dick Durbin called Trump racist for wanting to end chain migration.
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) January 14, 2018
Here's a video of Dick Durbin calling for an end to chain migration https://t.co/xcbXT4UH8Q
The brief clip appears to show Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) reading a description of the Dream Act, including a measure that would limit chain migration.
It’s not immediately clear from what year the clip is from or what the fuller context of the clip is.
Durbin was among the senators attending a meeting with Trump, during which the president referred to Haiti, El Salvador and African nations as “shithole countries.”
Durbin confirmed Trump’s comments to reporters.
Among the debunked conspiracy theories that Posobiec has promoted is "Pizzagate," which claimed without evidence that a pedophile ring was being run out of a D.C. pizzeria with the involvement of top Democrats and the Hillary Clinton
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The theory led to a man firing a gun at the pizzeria last year.
Posobiec has also promoted conspiracy theory that the Democratic National Committee was behind the murder of staffer Seth Rich, which has been proven to be false.
This isn’t Trump’s first time retweeting the far-right figure. He also shared a tweet by Posobiec about shootings in Chicago, as Trump was facing backlash for his comments about the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.