Article snippet: The video of President Donald Trump wrestling a man with a CNN logo superimposed on his head -- tweeted out by Trump over the weekend -- did not come from the website Reddit, the White House said on Monday. “The video was not pulled from Reddit,” a White House official told ABC News. The official decline to respond to further requests seeking an explanation for where the president obtained the clip. Trump tweeted the edited Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) video on Sunday morning, which has him pummelling a person with a CNN logo superimposed over his head. That moment was originally from a 2007 WWE match in which Trump appeared at the performance and body slammed WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. While the White House denies that Trump sourced the video from Reddit, a user on the site whose handle is a “Star Wars” character’s name interjected with an expletive -- Han-------Solo -- has repeatedly claimed credit for it. The GIF posted on Reddit is not exactly the same as what Trump tweeted -- the video on Trump's Twitter account includes sound, and a "Mika Brzezinski from last week. "The president in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence. If anything, quite the contrary,” the team tweeted out, adding that the quote was from Sanders on June 29. Members of Congress were quick to slam Trump for his tweet on Sunday, while stressing the importance of press freedom. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-CA, tweeted out, “The First Amendment... Link to the full article to read more
White House says Trump didn't obtain CNN wrestling video from Reddit - ABC News
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