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Maryam Khanum

White House Defends Pushing 'Unsubstantiated' Video to Support South African 'Genocide' Claims

President Donald Trump presented a video to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House Wednesday, claiming to show "burial sites" in the country. However, the statement was later disproven as the video was from a 2020 protest. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The White House defended the use of a misleading video in order to support claims that white South Africans are being oppressed and murdered within the country.

The video was presented by President Donald Trump to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the White House Wednesday. Leavitt was asked about the video by NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor during a press briefing the day following.

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