White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused NBC News correspondent Yamiche Alcindor of "a ridiculous line of questioning" after she pointed out President Donald Trump falsely claimed that video of crosses in South Africa was a "burial site" for white farmers.
"The president showed a video that he said showed more than a thousand burial sites of white South Africans, and he said they were murdered," Alcindor told Leavitt at Thursday's press briefing. "We know that that was not true and that the video wasn't doing that."
"So I wonder, why did the president choose to show that? It's not true the video was showing a burial site," the correspondent continued. "It is unsubstantiated that that's the case."
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"No, it's true that that video showed the crosses that represent what the president claimed!" Leavitt exclaimed. "The video showed images of crosses in South Africa about white farmers who have been killed and politically persecuted because of the color of their skin."
"What protocols are in place when there's unsubstantiated information being put out for the world and world leaders to show?" Alcindor pressed.
"What's unsubstantiated about the video?" Leavitt griped. "And that's a ridiculous line of questioning."
