A white supremacist's tweet appeared on the big screens during Trump's acceptance speech

Day 4 of the Republican National Convention

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published 22 July 2016

While Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night, a tweet from a white supremacist flashed on four massive screens surrounding the stage. The particular tweet curated by the Republican National Convention seemed innocuous, simply citing a line from Trump's speech and expressing support for the candidate:

But as Time reports, the rest of Western Triumph's Twitter account tells a different story. The user's bio lists off numerous white supremacist hashtags, including "#AltRight," "#ProWhite," "#RaceRealist," and "#LoveYourRace." The theme continues in a number of the user's other tweets, which include a call for the "Great Purge," a description of the word racist as "#antiwhite," and the claim that "whites build things, and blacks destroy them."

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