The White House doesn't care if the anti-Muslim videos Trump retweeted are fake

The White House responded to reports that anti-Muslim videos retweeted by President Trump on Wednesday are fake by … shrugging. "Whether it's … a real video, the threat is real and that is what the president is talking about," White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the press.

The videos were initially shared by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain's far-right, anti-immigrant Britain First group.

The videos purport to show Muslims killing a boy, beating up a Dutch youth on crutches, and destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary. There are questions about the legitimacy of the footage, though, with ThinkProgress writing:

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Sanders' comments show a "chilling indifference to whether the president's statements are factual or not," tweeted author Max Boot. "Implicitly: If the president says it, it's not a lie."