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August 24, 2018

South Africa Rejects Trump Claim of "Large Scale Killing" of Farmers
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South African officials have rejected a tweet by President Trump
alleging the wide-scale killing of white farmers by the country's black
majority. Amid mounting scandals related to the Russia probe Wednesday
night, Trump tweeted, "I have asked Secretary of State @Sec Pompeo to
closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations
and the large scale killing of farmers." Former KKK Grand Wizard David
Duke and the far-right anti-immigrant website VDARE.com retweeted the
president along with messages about "white genocide." The South African
government tweeted in response, "South Africa totally rejects this
narrow perception which only seeks to divide our nation and reminds us
of our colonial past."


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