White House communications staff have responded to criticism from conservatives over President Trump’s past social media posts, saying posts from his younger years do not reflect his current views.
Tyler Cherry, who was recently promoted to deputy White House communications director, said last week: Screenshot distribution In posts from 2014 to 2017, he Criticized Police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“The social media posts from my younger years do not reflect my current views. End of story. I support the policies of this Administration and will continue to focus my outreach on climate and environmental policy,” Cherry said. Written on Sunday On social platform X.
The responses to his post on Sunday included several screenshots of posts from years ago.
All of Cherry’s posts on X prior to April 2022 appear to have been deleted, and the screenshots could not be independently verified. The handle seen in the screenshots, @TylerACherry, is the same as Cherry’s current X account name.
in A pair of screenshots Starting in January 2015, Cherry reportedly wrote, “Police = slave patrol. Voter ID = poll tax. #NAACPBombing = KKK bombing. Slavery and Jim Crow laws weren’t that long ago. We just evolved.”
“It’s a good time to remember that modern policing is a direct evolution of slave patrols and lynch mobs,” Cherry added, days after video circulated of a white police officer called to a pool party in McKinney, Texas, yelling abuse, pointing a weapon at two black youths, and wrestling a 14-year-old girl to the ground.
another Apparently the screenshot posted In August 2014, Cherry spoke out about US arms sales to Israel in response to comments by former US ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power that “the US strongly supports arms sales to Israel.”[ed]”UN Humanitarian Action in the 2014 Gaza War.”
“Despite @AmbassadorPower @shebenatalie @UNRWA continues to allow Israeli forces to replenish their arsenals with US ammunition and weapons,” Cherry wrote.
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.
Mr Cherry, who is openly gay, was previously principal deputy director of communications at the Home Office and was the subject of separate online attacks last year.
In October, right-wing social media account LibsofTikTok shared photos and old posts of Cherry criticizing her appearance on X. The posts sparked a debate over Cherry’s style and drew criticism from conservatives about what it means to look professional.
The White House at the time condemned the attack and defended Cherry as a valued member of the team.
“No one should be targeted for simply being themselves. It is cruel and unacceptable,” the White House previously said. “This Administration believes deeply in the principle of oneness from many, and I am proud that the people who serve in my Administration reflect those values. Tyler will be an invaluable member of our team as he continues to serve the Department of the Interior and the American people.”
Cherry is an LGBTQ rights activist and part of a collective of queer DJs in Washington DC. From the Washington Postbegan working at the Department of the Interior as soon as the Biden administration took office.
