"Gonzales told Margaret Brennan with CBS News's Face The Nation that it was up to the president to decide how to handle the fallout after she asked Do you think he needs to apologize? Gonzales added, There's no room in this country for racism, anti semitism, socialism all the isms' need to go. And you think it was that? Brennan asked. I think it was very upsetting to a lot of people, Gonzales managed before pivoting."
"The part no one's talking about in that video, is about election integrity. And so the bulk of it was on election integrity, which is a very important topic. What I suspect is going to happen is the White House is going to, in the coming days, issue a memo on their their policy for this upcoming election, and I suspect the Director of National Intelligence is going to be at the center part of building that out and making sure our mid-term elections are safe and secure."
"Yeah, and I know the president claimed the video was credible. Also claimed he had watched it but then not seen that part of it with the race It was at the very end, it was at the very end for one second, it was really weird Gonzales interjected. Brennan pressed on, saying, The president of the United States and his staff wouldn't you expect that they actually look at what they do before they do it? The president of the United States should not be worrying"
Representative Tony Gonzales declined to say whether President Donald Trump should apologize for a racist video posted on his social media account. The video depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama with their heads superimposed on the bodies of apes. Lawmakers across the aisle condemned the racist trope and the video was removed by the White House about 12 hours later. Trump blamed a White House staffer for posting the content. Gonzales said the video upset many people but shifted the conversation to election integrity and an expected White House memo and DNI role in securing midterm elections.
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